Delivering Scotland's Circular Economy - route map to 2025 and beyond: consultation analysis

Appendix B: Sectoral Classification

Given the range of sectors represented by respondents, analysts created a broad level of classification for analysis purposes. Respondents were assigned to one of the categories below based on the nature of their organisation.

Respondent profile

In total, 160 consultation responses were received. Most were submitted via the online consultation platform, Citizen Space. Those received in an alternative format, for example an email or PDF document, were reviewed separately by the research team.

Individuals provided 48 responses to the consultation; the remaining 112 were from organisations. To aid analysis, each organisation was assigned a sector or type. The largest share of organisational responses came from retail and packaging organisations, the third sector, and the construction and development sector.

Table 1: Sectoral classification

Sector	n=	%
Retail & packaging	23	14%
Third sector	19	12%
Local Authority	17	11%
Construction & development	12	8%
Waste management	10	6%
Other - Membership / representative body not aligned with the sectors above	9	6%
Public body	7	4%
Other – Manufacturing	5	3%
Other – Energy	3	2%
Other – Consulting	2	1%
Other - Technology	2	1%
Other	3	2%
Individuals	48	30%

A note on the sectoral classification

Public bodies and local authorities were classified first. Organisations were then classified by their primary focus: retail and packaging, construction and development, and waste management. If an organisation did not fall into one of the three industries, they were classified by organisation type, i.e. third sector, membership body and other. If an organisation fell into two categories, such as waste management and a membership body, they were classified with their industry rather than their organisation type.

Not all organisations who responded to the consultation consented to their name being published. Those who consented in each category included:

Retail & packaging

Advisory Committee on Packaging

ApparelXchange CIC

Association of Convenience Stores

AVA: The Vending & Automated Retail Association

BBIA

British Glass

British Plastics Federation

Charity Retail Association

Food and Drink Federation

Foodservice Packaging Association

GS1UK

Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment

Scotland Food and Drink

Scottish Wholesale Association

The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE UK)

The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation

The Cosmetic, Toiletry and Perfumery Association (CTPA)

The Packaging Federation

Third sector

CFINE and Granite City Good Food

Circular Communities Scotland

Electrical Safety First

FareShare Scotland

Fidra

Friends of the Earth Europe

Friends of the Earth Scotland

Keep Scotland Beautiful

Lochaber Environmental Group

Marine Conservation Society

Moray Firth Coastal Partnership

Newcastleton & District Community Community Trust

Nourish Scotland

Plastic Free Helensburgh

Scottish Environment LINK

The Salvation Army - Scotland Office

UK Without Incineration Network (UKWIN)

Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland

Whale and Dolphin Conservation

Construction & development

Balfour Beatty

Built Environment - Smarter Transformation

But Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS)

Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Scotland

EALA Impacts CIC

Homes for Scotland

NFRC (National Federation of Roofing Contractors)

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Scotland

Supply Chain Sustainability School

The Chartered Institute of Building

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS)

Local Authority

Aberdeen City Council

Aberdeenshire Council

Angus Council

COSLA, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

Dundee City Council

East Dunbartonshire Council

Fife Council

Glasgow City Council

Moray Council

North Lanarkshire Council

Renfrewshire Council

Scottish Borders Council

Shetland Islands Council

The City of Edinburgh Council

West Lothian Council

Waste management

Albion Environmental Ltd

Brewster Brothers Ltd

CIWM Scotland

Hamilton Waste & Recycling Limited

Scottish Environmental Services Association

SRMA (Scotland) Ltd trading as Resource Management Association Scotland (RMAS)

SUEZ Recycling & Recovery UK limited

Viridor

Public body

British Standards Institution

Historic Environment Scotland

National Service Scotland

NatureScot

Scottish Enterprise

Scottish Water

Other - Membership / representative body not aligned with the sectors above

MPA Scotland

NFU Scotland

Railway Industry Association (RIA) Scotland

Royal Society of Chemistry

Royal Yachting Association Scotland

Scotland's International Development Alliance

Scottish Islands Federation

UK Urban AgriTech

Other

The Just Transition Partnership

Comply Direct Ltd

Connect 3 Consultants

The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology

SP Energy Networks

SSE

BEAMA

Ecosurety

Nestlé UK and Ireland

DXC Technology

Rio ESG Ltd

Common Weal

Budweiser Brewing Group UK & Ireland