Current status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 21 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its anticipated timescale is for consultations on Scotland's circular economy strategy and targets.
The development of the circular economy strategy and associated monitoring and indicator framework will be developed between now and March 2026.
A consultation for both is planned for summer 2025 with development of targets to follow the publication of the strategy and monitoring and indicator framework.
The Circular Economy (Scotland) Act was approved unanimously by Parliament in June and gives Ministers and local authorities the tools they need to achieve our ambitions for a circular economy and build on progress to date. Scotland has made good long-term progress towards reaching our circular economy ambitions with the total amount of waste going to landfill in Scotland halving over the past decade, the overall recycling rate at its highest level since records began in 2011 (62.3%) and the most recent official statistics showing Scotland met its 2025 target to reduce all waste by 15%.