Exciting job opportunity to coordinate community climate action in Highlands (south) as part of a Scotland-wide community climate action network.
Join – physically or virtually – our second climate cafe in the Highland Climate Festival at Broadford Church of Scotland, 4th July, 2-4 pm.
A new website, the Highland Community Composting Resource, has been created for communities in the Highlands that are interested in starting or further developing community composting projects. There is a step-by-step Decision-Making Guide to help you get going or to develop your composting project, as well as links to help, information on legal requirements, and much more.
The independent review of the role of waste incineration in Scotland has concluded that there is more than enough incinerator capacity in the pipeline and recommends that no new incinerators should be built, unless balanced by an equal or greater closure of capacity.
From 1st June (subject to the UK Internal Market Act 2020) in Scotland it is unlawful to make and supply commercially specific problematic single-use plastic items which are commonly found in beach litter.
The long awaited proposals for a Scottish circular economy bill were published on 30th May. Environmental campaigners have welcomed the move and are calling for strong targets to reduce the global extraction of resources supplying the Scottish economy, and measures to change the way materials are used in Scotland.