Single-use plastic items - market restrictions: consultation

This consultation proposes the introduction of market restrictions – effectively a ban – on the single-use plastic items included in Article 5 of the EU Directive on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment (2019/904).


Footnotes

1. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32019L0904&from=EN#d1e555-1-1

2. https://www.pewtrusts.org/-/media/assets/2020/07/breakingtheplasticwave_summary.pdf

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

4. 2019 Great British Beach Clean data, Marine Conservation Society

5. https://www.gov.scot/publications/ending-throwaway-culture-five-principles-tackling-single-use-items/

6. The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020 – schedule 3 (1) (c)

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8. https://www.gov.scot/publications/report-expert-panel-environmental-charging-measures-epecom-recommendations-single-use-disposable-beverage-cups-july-2019/

9. https://www.gov.scot/publications/ending-throwaway-culture-five-principles-tackling-single-use-items/

10. https://www.trialperiod.scot/

11. https://www.newplasticseconomy.org/projects/global-commitment

12. https://www.wrap.org.uk/content/the-uk-plastics-pact

13. https://wrap.org.uk/content/eliminating-problem-plastics

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18. https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/bb3ec82e-9a9f-11e6-9bca-01aa75ed71a1

19. Moving away from single use: guide for national decision makers to implement the single-use plastics directive - Rethink Plastic alliance and Break Free From Plastic - https://rethinkplasticalliance.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019_10_10_rpa_bffp_sup_guide.pdf

20. https://gov.wales/reducing-single-use-plastic-wales

21. https://www.gov.scot/publications/report-expert-panel-environmental-charging-measures-recommendations-single-use-disposable-beverage-cups-scottish-government-response/

22. https://consult.gov.scot/environment-forestry/circular-economy-proposals-for-legislation/

23. https://www.gov.scot/publications/report-expert-panel-environmental-charging-measures-epecom-recommendations-single-use-disposable-beverage-cups-july-2019/pages/4/

24. https://corporateeurope.org/sites/default/files/letter_on_tethered_cap-alternative_solution_council.pdf

25. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/introduction-of-plastic-packaging-tax/plastic-packaging-tax

26. https://www.wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/The-UK-Plastics-Pact-Roadmap-v3.pdf

27. https://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/sites/default/files/SUCB%20Charge%20One%20Year%20On%20Report.pdf

28. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/producer-responsibility-regulations#packaging

29. https://www.gov.scot/publications/ending-throwaway-culture-five-principles-tackling-single-use-items/

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