Climate Emergency UK assessed all UK councils on the actions they’ve taken towards net zero. Between July 2024 and March 2025, each council was marked against 93 questions or less, depending on...
Highland Council climate score card
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Scotland recycling news
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Circular economy in Scotland & circular construction hub
In November 2022, the Circularity Gap Report analysed the circular economy in Scotland for the first time. It found that only 1.3% of the resources Scotland uses are cycled back into the economy,...
Naked Barley – the forgotten super grain
Barley was the most cultivated cereal through the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages. Around 8,000 years ago a single gene mutation in a barley plant in northern Iran enabled it to freely shed its...
New fund for peatland practitioner training
The Peatland Training Fund will provide financial support to over-16s living in Scotland, who want to develop skills for a peatland career. People already working in peatland restoration who would...
Environmental Standards Scotland consultation
Environmental Standards Scotland is consulting on its new five-year Strategy, which sets out how ESS will ensure public bodies in Scotland are complying with environmental law, how ESS will...