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Publication - Consultation analysis

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

Published
18 April 2023
Directorate
Environment and Forestry Directorate
Part of
Environment and climate change
ISBN
9781805257516

Analysis of responses to the 2022 consultation on Delivering Scotland's Circular Economy: Route map to 2025 and Beyond.

View supporting documents Supporting documents

Appendix C: Quantitative Summary

The following tables outline the results for each of the eight closed questions in the consultation.

For each question the following tables show:

  • The number of respondents from the total sample of 160 who selected each response, and the corresponding percentage.
  • The number and percentage response among those who answered each question, broken down by:
  • Individual and organisation responses.
  • By sector[12].
  • Please note that the row percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.
Q1. To what extent do you agree with the measures proposed in this package to promote responsible consumption production and re-use?
Base n= Strongly Agree Agree Neither Disagree Strongly disagree No answer
All respondents (n=) 160 61 59 15 7 0 18
% breakdown among:
All respondents (%) 160 38 37 9 4 0 11
All answering (%) 142 43 42 11 5 0 -
- Individuals 47 70 21 2 6 0 -
- Organisations 95 29 52 15 4 0 -
- Retail & packaging 20 10 55 30 5 0 -
- Third sector 16 63 25 13 0 0 -
- Local Authority 16 44 56 0 0 0 -
- Construction / Dev 8 13 88 0 0 0 -
- Waste management 8 25 50 13 13 0 -
- Public body 6 17 50 33 0 0 -
- Other 21 24 52 14 10 0
Q3. To what extent do you agree with the measures proposed in this package to reduce food waste?
Base n= Strongly Agree Agree Neither Disagree Strongly disagree No answer
All respondents (n=) 160 60 46 13 4 1 36
% breakdown among:
All respondents (%) 160 38 29 8 3 1 23
All answering (%) 124 48 37 10 3 1 -
- Individuals 45 69 24 0 4 2 -
- Organisations 79 37 44 16 3 0 -
- Retail & packaging 16 50 25 25 0 0 -
- Third sector 15 27 53 13 7 0 -
- Local Authority 16 56 44 0 0 0 -
- Construction / Dev 5 40 40 20 0 0 -
- Waste management 7 0 71 29 0 0 -
- Public body 4 50 50 0 0 0 -
- Other 16 25 44 25 6 0 -
Q5. To what extent do you agree with the measures proposed in this package to improve recycling from households?
Base n= Strongly Agree Agree Neither Disagree Strongly disagree No answer
All respondents (n=) 160 47 54 14 3 5 37
% breakdown among:
All respondents (%) 160 29 34 9 2 3 23
All answering (%) 123 38 44 11 2 4 -
- Individuals 45 64 29 0 2 4 -
- Organisations 78 23 53 18 3 4 -
- Retail & packaging 16 19 69 13 0 0 -
- Third sector 14 50 36 7 0 7 -
- Local Authority 16 13 56 19 13 0 -
- Construction / Dev 5 40 40 20 0 0 -
- Waste management 8 0 75 13 0 13 -
- Public body 3 33 33 33 0 0 -
- Other 16 19 44 31 0 6 -
Q7. To what extent do you agree with the measures proposed in this package to improve recycling from commercial businesses?
Base n= Strongly Agree Agree Neither Disagree Strongly disagree No answer
All respondents (n=) 160 37 51 27 4 8 33
% breakdown among:
All respondents (%) 160 23 32 17 3 5 21
All answering (%) 127 29 40 21 3 6 -
- Individuals 41 56 34 2 0 7 -
- Organisations 86 16 43 30 5 6 -
- Retail & packaging 19 11 37 53 0 0 -
- Third sector 14 29 43 29 0 0 -
- Local Authority 16 19 56 19 6 0 -
- Construction / Dev 7 29 57 0 14 0 -
- Waste management 8 0 13 38 0 50 -
- Public body 4 50 25 0 25 0 -
- Other 18 6 50 33 6 6 -
Q9. To what extent do you agree with the measures proposed in this package to embed circular construction practices?
Base n= Strongly Agree Agree Neither Disagree Strongly disagree No answer
All respondents (n=) 160 44 51 22 1 2 40
% breakdown among:
All respondents (%) 160 28 32 14 1 1 25
All answering (%) 120 37 43 18 1 2 -
- Individuals 44 68 23 7 0 2 -
- Organisations 76 18 54 25 1 1 -
- Retail & packaging 9 11 44 44 0 0 -
- Third sector 13 23 62 15 0 0 -
- Local Authority 15 20 60 20 0 0 -
- Construction / Dev 11 18 64 18 0 0 -
- Waste management 8 0 63 25 0 13 -
- Public body 6 33 50 17 0 0 -
- Other 14 21 36 36 7 0 -
Q11. To what extent do you agree with the measures proposed in this package to minimise the impact of the disposal of residual waste?
Base n= Strongly Agree Agree Neither Disagree Strongly disagree No answer
All respondents (n=) 160 37 57 11 2 1 52
% breakdown among:
All respondents (%) 160 23 36 7 1 1 33
All answering (%) 108 34 53 10 2 1 -
- Individuals 38 55 34 5 3 3 -
- Organisations 70 23 63 13 1 0 -
- Retail & packaging 14 43 50 7 0 0 -
- Third sector 12 8 75 17 0 0 -
- Local Authority 14 14 79 7 0 0 -
- Construction / Dev 5 40 40 20 0 0 -
- Waste management 8 25 50 25 0 0 -
- Public body 2 50 50 0 0 0 -
- Other 15 13 67 13 7 0 -
Q13. To what extent do you agree with the measures proposed in this package to support action across the circular economy?
Base n= Strongly Agree Agree Neither Disagree Strongly disagree No answer
All respondents (n=) 160 50 70 7 2 0 31
% breakdown among:
All respondents (%) 160 31 44 4 1 0 19
All answering (%) 129 39 54 5 2 0 -
- Individuals 43 56 40 5 0 0 -
- Organisations 86 30 62 6 2 0 -
- Retail & packaging 16 38 56 6 0 0 -
- Third sector 13 31 62 8 0 0 -
- Local Authority 16 25 75 0 0 0 -
- Construction / Dev 8 38 63 0 0 0 -
- Waste management 8 50 38 0 13 0 -
- Public body 7 43 43 14 0 0 -
- Other 18 11 72 11 6 0 -
Q15. To what extent do you agree with the principles proposed to underpin future circular economy targets?
Base n= Strongly Agree Agree Neither Disagree Strongly disagree No answer
All respondents (n=) 160 47 61 9 3 2 38
% breakdown among:
All respondents (%) 160 29 38 6 2 1 24
All answering (%) 122 39 50 7 2 2 -
- Individuals 42 57 29 10 2 2 -
- Organisations 80 29 61 6 3 1 -
- Retail & packaging 15 33 53 13 0 0 -
- Third sector 15 27 73 0 0 0 -
- Local Authority 14 29 71 0 0 0 -
- Construction / Dev 7 57 43 0 0 0 -
- Waste management 9 11 67 0 11 11 -
- Public body 4 25 50 25 0 0 -
- Other 16 25 56 13 6 0 -

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