Deposit return scheme for Scotland: full business case stage 1

Footnotes

1. A producer is defined as the brand owner.

2. Have You Got the Bottle
http://www.haveyougotthebottle.org.uk/

3. ITV News, Plastic: Can You Live Without It?
https://www.itv.com/news/2018-02-15/plastic-can-you-live-without-it-tonight/

4. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Extended Producer Responsibility
https://www.oecd.org/env/waste/extended-producer-responsibility.htm

5. UN Sustainable Development Goals
http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/

6. The United Nations Environment Programme (December 5, 2017) Draft resolution on marine litter and microplastics
https://papersmart.unon.org/resolution/uploads/k1709154.docx

7. The United Nations Environment Programme (November 7, 2014) Draft resolution on Management of Marine Debris
http://www.cms.int/sites/default/files/document/cop11_crp14_dr_management_marine_debris_0.pdf

8. EU Parliament proposal for a directive on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P8-TA-2018-0411+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&language=EN

9. EU Circular Economy Package
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/circular-economy/index_en.htm

10. Amendments to EU Waste Framework Directive
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32018L0851&from=E

11. Strategic Objectives, Scottish Government
https://nationalperformance.gov.scot/

12. National Outcomes, Scottish Government
http://nationalperformance.gov.scot/

13. Programme for Government 2018-19, Scottish Government
https://www.gov.scot/publications/delivering-today-investing-tomorrow-governments-programme-scotland-2018-19

14. Programme for Government 2017-18, Scottish Government
https://www.gov.scot/publications/nation-ambition-governments-programme-scotland-2017-18/

15. Making Things Last, a Circular Economy Strategy for Scotland (2016)
http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00494471.pdf

16. Towards a Litter-Free Scotland, Scotland's National Litter Strategy (2014)
http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0045/00452542.pdf

17. A Marine Litter Strategy for Scotland (2014)
https://www.gov.scot/publications/marine-litter-strategy-scotland/

18. OSPAR Convention
https://www.ospar.org/convention

19. Marine Strategy Framework Directive
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32008L0056&from=EN

20. Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2009/12/contents

21. Climate Change Plan: The Third Report on Proposals and Policies 2018-2032
http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2018/02/8867

22. SEPA 2017 Household Waste Data
https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/378862/2017-household-waste-commentary.pdf

23. Charter for Household Recycling
https://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/content/charter-household-recycling

24. The composition of household waste at the kerbside in 2014-15
https://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/sites/default/files/The%20composition%20of%20household%20waste%20at%20the%20kerbside%20in%202014-15.pdf

25. Recyclate Quality Reporting Tool
https://www.environment.gov.scot/data/data-analysis/recyclate-quality/

26. MRF Code of Practice
https://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/content/mrf-code-practice

27. Scotland's Litter Problem
http://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/sites/default/files/Scotland%27s%20Litter%20Problem%20-%20Full%20Final%20Report.pdf

28. MCS Great British Beach Clean
https://www.mcsuk.org/media/gbbc-2018-report.pdf

29. Scotland's Economic Strategy, March 2015
/publications/scotlands-economic-strategy/

30. A Manufacturing Future for Scotland
https://www.cmac.ac.uk/files/media/A_Manufacturing_Future_For_Scotland.pdf

31. Economic Action Plan 2018-20
https://economicactionplan.mygov.scot/

32. Banks et al 2014, Climate change and social justice: an evidence review
https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/climate-change-and-social-justice-evidence-review

33. Have You Got The Bottle
http://www.haveyougotthebottle.org.uk/

34. Deposit return scheme consultation: analysis of responses, Scottish Government 2019
https://www.gov.scot/publications/deposit-return-scheme-scotland-analysis-responses/

35. A nation with ambition: the Government's Programme for Scotland 2017-2018
https://www.gov.scot/publications/nation-ambition-governments-programme-scotland-2017-18/

36. Highland Spring press release, 18 January 2019
http://www.highlandspringgroup.com/press-and-media/group-news/article/highland-springs-100-recycled-plastic--eco-bottle-is-here-to-stay-after-major-trial-success/

37. Coca Cola European Partners, Action on Packaging
https://www.ccep.com/system/file_resources/2481/Action_on_Packaging.pdf

38. Single-use plastics: Budget 2018 brief
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/single-use-plastics-budget-2018-brief

39. ZWS modelling based on the composition of household waste at the kerbside in 2014-15 report
https://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/sites/default/files/The%20composition%20of%20household%20waste%20at%20the%20kerbside%20in%202014-15.pdf

40. ZWS modelling based on Kantar data

41. Novelis Recycling: Why Recycle Aluminium?
https://www.novelisrecycling.co.uk/corporate-social-responsibility/why-recycle/

42. ZWS modelling based on Kantar data

43. ZWS modelling based on Kantar data

44. European Court of Justice (ECJ) guidance on DRS
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52009XC0509%2801%29

45. ONS, Family Spending in the UK, 2017
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/expenditure/bulletins/familyspendingintheuk/financialyearending2017

46. Brackets around NPV figures indicate a negative value, i.e. these are costs.

47. Supplementary Green Book Guidance - Optimism Bias
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/191507/Optimism_bias.pdf

48. Socio-Economic Case

49. Retailers expected to include convenience stores, supermarkets and outlets drawn from across the HoReCa sector - hospitality, restaurants and cafes

50. Financial Case

51. Socio-Economic Case

52. Ineligible materials can be containers trafficked from outside the jurisdiction of the scheme, or alternatively, locally-produced containers that are made of material that is not included within the remit of scheme i.e. HDPE.

53. Refer to the Socio-Economic Case for a detailed breakdown and definition of the configuration of each return point that has been modelled

54. Reloop Releases Global Overview of Deposit Return Systems
https://reloopplatform.eu/reloop-releases-global-overview-of-deposit-return-systems/