Draft circular economy strategy: Fairer Scotland Duty summary

Footnotes

1 Scottish Government, Circular Economy and Waste Route Map, 2024

2 UNEP, Global resources outlook 2019: natural resources for the future we want, 2019

3 Scottish Government, Scotland’s Circular Economy and Waste Route Map to 2030: Equality Impact Assessment – Results, 2025

4 Scottish Government, Update to the Climate Change Plan 2018- 2032, 2020

5 United Nations, The 17 Goals | Sustainable Development, 2015

6 European Commission, Circular Economy Action Plan, 2020

7 UNFCCC, The Paris Agreement, 2015

8 Scottish Parliament, Circular Economy (Scotland) Act, 2024

9 Scottish Government, Securing a green recovery on a path to net zero: climate change plan 2018–2032 – update, 2020

10 Scottish Government, Securing a green recovery on a path to net zero: climate change plan 2018–2032 – update, 2020

11 Scottish Government, Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation, 2022

12 Scottish Government, Just Transition - A Fairer, Greener Scotland: Scottish Government response, 2021

13 Proposed National Good Food Nation Plan - gov.scot

14 Scottish Biodiversity Strategy to 2045 - gov.scot

15 Draft Environment Strategy - gov.scot

16 Draft Environment Strategy: consultation - gov.scot

17 Scottish Government, Green industrial strategy, 2024

18 Scottish Government, National Litter and Flytipping Strategy, 2023

19 UK Government, Guidance Extended producer responsibility for packaging: who is affected and what to do, 2025

20 UK Government, The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations, 2013

21 UK Government, Guidance - Waste batteries: producer responsibility, 2025

22 Scottish Government, Scottish household survey 2019: annual report, 2020

23 University of Warwick, Green Jobs in Scotland: An inclusive approach to definition, measurement and analysis, 2022

24 Scottish Government, Gender Equality Taskforce in Education and Learning

25 Close the Gap, A gender review of Developing the Young Workforce: Scotland’s youth unemployment strategy, 2020

26 SPICe, The gender pay gap in Scotland and the UK, 2024

27 Scottish Government, Analysis of Labour Market Outcomes of Scotland’s Minority Ethnic Population, 2022

28 Scottish Government, A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People: employment action plan, 2018

29 Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Poverty in Scotland, 2023

30 Scottish Government, Financial information from SHS, 2024

31 Scottish Government, The Cost of Remoteness Reflecting higher living costs in remote rural Scotland when measuring fuel poverty, 2021

32 Scottish Government, The Scottish Health Survey 2021 - volume 1: main report, 2022

33 Zero Waste Scotland, Tackle food waste to save time and money, 2025

34 WRAP, Food surplus & waste in primary production costs UK more than £1 billion, 2019

35 Scottish Government, Scottish household survey 2019: annual report, 2020