Draft circular economy strategy: strategic environmental assessment
Draft environmental report for the draft circular economy strategy.
Footnotes
1 Scottish Government (2025) Scotland’s Circular Economy and Waste Route Map to 2030: Equality Impact Assessment – Results
2 European Environment Agency (2024) Resource use and materials | European Environment Agency's home page
3 Scottish Government (2025) Scotland’s Circular Economy and Waste Route Map to 2030: Equality Impact Assessment – Results
4 Scottish Government (2020) Update to the Climate Change Plan 2018- 2032
5 Scottish Government (2024) Scotland's circular economy and waste route map to 2030
6 United Nations (2015) The 17 Goals | Sustainable Development
7 European Commission (2020) Circular Economy Action Plan
8 UNFCCC (2015) The Paris Agreement
9 Scottish Government (2024) Biodiversity
10 Forestry and Land Scotland (2023) Biodiversity in Scotland’s National Forests and Land
11 Scottish Government (2020) Ecosystems and biodiversity knowledge account
12 United Nations (2019) Global resources outlook 2019 :
13 Zero Waste Scotland (n.d) Why change matters | Zero Waste Scotland
14 NatureScot (2024) Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs)
15 NatureScot (2024) Marine Protected Areas
16 NatureScot (2025) Scottish Biodiversity List
17 NatureScot (2024) The Proportion of Scotland's Protected Sites in Favourable Condition 2024
18 NatureScot (2023) State of Nature report shows Scotland's wildlife continues to decline
19 Zero Waste Scotland (2023) Circular economy perspectives and sustainable decision-making in times of crisis
20 ibid
21 Zero Waste Scotland (2023) Construction Resource Library
22 Public Health Scotland (2024) Housing – Environmental health impacts
23 Scottish Government (2025) Scotland’s Population Health Framework 2025–2035
24 How Does Waste Exportation Affect Human Health?, Sustainability Directory, 2025
25 European Environment Agency (n.d.) – Circular economy | European Environment Agency
26 World Health Organization (2024) Electronic waste (e-waste)
27 WHO (2024) – Guidance on solid waste and health
28 European Commission (2023) – How reuse and repair social enterprises are contributing to a socially and circular society
29 Public Health Scotland (2024) – Overview - Housing - Environmental health impacts
30 Zero Waste Scotland (n.d.) – Circular Economy Construction Retrofit Programme
31 WHO (2021) – Factsheet - Sustainable Development Goals: health targets Nutrition, overweight and obesity
32 Scottish Government (2025) – Just transition - Climate change - gov.scot
33 NatureScot (2023) – Advising on peatland, carbon-rich soils and priority peatland habitats
34 NatureScot (2023) – Scotland's Indicators - Soil Sealing
35 NatureScot (n.d.) – Peatland ACTION - Data, research and monitoring
36 NatureScot (n.d.) – Peatland restoration in Scotland increases by 25% over last year
37 NatureScot (2023) – Advising on peatland, carbon-rich soils and priority peatland habitats
38 Zero Waste Scotland (n.d.) – Design out waste in construction
39 NatureScot & Zero Waste Scotland (n.d.) – Zero Waste Scotland: how small changes create big wins for people and wildlife
40 SEPA (n.d.) – Soil improvement using waste
41 NatureScot (2022) – Scotland's Biodiversity Strategy 2022–2045
42 SEPA (2023) - State of Scotland’s Water Environment
43 NatureScot (2023) – Water Framework Directive
44 Srebrenkoska et al. (2014) – Methods for Waste Waters Treatment in Textile Industry
45 NatureScot (2024) – Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)
46 European Environment Agency (2022) – Microplastics from textiles: towards a circular economy for textiles in Europe
47 European Commission (2025) – Land use sector - European Commission - Climate Action
48 NatureScot (2024) – Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)
49 European Environment Agency (2023) – From source to sea — The untold story of marine litter
50 Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA, 2024) – The Air Quality in Scotland – Scottish Air Quality Database (SAQD)
51 NatureScot (2024) – Nature-based Solutions: Air Quality
52European Environment Agency (2023) – Capturing the climate change mitigation benefits of circular economy
53 European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (2023) – Policy Enablers to Accelerate the Circular Economy
54 PACE & WRI (2022) – Circular economy as a climate strategy: current knowledge and calls-to-action
55 Zhang et al. (2022) – Testing and Reducing VOC Emissions from Building Materials and Furniture
56 Henriques et al. (2023) – Product-Services for a Resource-Efficient and Circular Economy: An Updated Review
57 Pandey & Erbaugh (2024) – Driving sustainable uptake: a systematic review of global literature on policies governing woody biomass for energy
58 NatureScot (2022) – Climate change impacts in Scotland
59 Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009
60 United Nations (n.d) Facts and Figures | United Nations
61 Scottish Government (2024) – Comparison of Scotland’s carbon footprint and its territorial emissions
62 Arora & Mishra (2023) – Responsible consumption and production: a roadmap to sustainable development
63 Stefanakis et al. (2021) – Nature-Based Solutions as a Tool in the New Circular Economic Model for Climate Change Adaptation
64 Li et al. (2023) – The Potential Contribution of Modular Volumetric Timber Buildings to Circular Construction
65 NatureScot (n.d.) – Managing Nature for Carbon Capture
66 Scottish Government (2024) – Scotland’s Circular Economy and Waste Route Map to 2030
67 Scottish Parliament (2024) - Circular Economy (Scotland) Act
68 Scottish Government (2020) - Securing a green recovery on a path to net zero: climate change plan 2018–2032 – update
70 Scottish Government, Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation, 2022
72 Proposed National Good Food Nation Plan
73 Scottish Biodiversity Strategy to 2045 - gov.scot
74 Draft Environment Strategy - gov.scot
75 Scottish Government, Green industrial strategy, 2024
76 Scottish Government, National Litter and Flytipping Strategy, 2023
78 UK Government, The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations, 2013
79 UK Government, Guidance - Waste batteries: producer responsibility, 2025
80 Embodied Carbon Status quo and suggested roadmap, Zero Waste Scotland, 2020
81 Air Quality in the Built Environment, World Green Building Council, accessed July 2025.
82 Construction is driving global biodiversity loss – it's time for Government to act, UKGBC, 2024
83 The Embodied Biodiversity Impacts of Construction Materials, expedition, 2023
84 New Nature Economy Report II The Future Of Nature And Business, World Economic Forum, 2020
85 Air Quality in the Built Environment, World Green Building Council, accessed July 2025.
86 Construction, SEPA, accessed July 2025.
89 SWEFT, Zero Waste Scotland, 2024
90 SWEFT, Zero Waste Scotland, 2024
91 ibid
92 SWEFT, Zero Waste Scotland, 2024
93 The ban on landfilling Biodegradable Municipal Waste, SEPA, 2024
94 SWEFT, Zero Waste Scotland, 2024
95 Scotland’s Circular Economy and Waste Route Map to 2030 Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report, Scottish Government, 2024
96 The Nature Positive Role of the Automotive Sector, World Economic Forum, 2025
97 The Nature Positive Role of the Automotive Sector, World Economic Forum, 2025
98 What is the environmental impact of electric cars? ECOS, EEB, DUH information paper
99 EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles, European Commission, accessed July 2025
100 SWEFT, Zero Waste Scotland, 2024
101 SWEFT, Zero Waste Scotland, 2024
102 SWEFT, Zero Waste Scotland, 2024
103 SWEFT, Zero Waste Scotland, 2024
104 New Nature Economy Report II The Future Of Nature And Business, World Economic Forum, 2020
Contact
Email: circulareconomy@gov.scot