Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill

Image: Figure 1: The 'four flows' to achieve circular objectives

Image: Figure 2: The UN Sustainable Development Goals

Image: Figure 3: The Lifecycle of Products

Image: Figure 4: Comparison of Scotland's Carbon Footprint with its territorial greenhouse gas emissions: 1998 to 2019 (values in MtCO2e).

Image: Figure 5: Scotland's material footprint by country of origin, 2019 (values in thousand tonnes).

Image: Figure 6: Waste From All Sources (WFAS) in Scotland from 2011 - 2021 by composition, and against 2025 target to reduce WFAS by 15%

Image: Figure 7: Waste From All Sources (WFAS) in Scotland excluding construction and demolition waste, 2011 to 2021

Image: Figure 8: Recycling rates in Scotland 2011 to 2021 and progress against targets

Image: Figure 9: Scottish WFAS disposed to landfill by waste category 2011 - 2021

Image: Figure 10: Progress towards 2025 landfill target and landfill ban

Image: Scottish waste targets and trends

Image: Figure 12: The Waste Hierarchy

Image: Figure 13: EPECOM's '5Es' principles for designing policy on single-use items

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