Question reference: S6W-15723
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 8 March 2023
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Current status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 22 March 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the information set out at paragraph 2.162 on page 59 of its document, A Deposit Return Scheme for Scotland: Full Business Case Stage 1, how it calculated the value of the "Improved amenity resulting from the reduction in litter" at £994 million; whether it will publish its workings and assumptions for calculating this figure, and what its position is on whether the figure will still be accurate in August 2023.
Answer
Zero Waste Scotland published a report on the Indirect Costs of Litter in Scotland and costs are based on that research and attributable to the proportion, by volume, of DRS materials in the litter stream. This modelling is commercially sensitive and is not published and figures have not been reviewed since publication.