Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
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To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-29916 by Gillian Martin on 30 September 2024, whether it will provide details of the work that (a) it, (b) Zero Waste Scotland and (c) SEPA has carried out on digital waste tracking since 2010, including a breakdown of (i) how much has been spent on and (ii) the staff resource allocations to such projects.
To ask the Scottish Government what work is being carried out to (a) expand the red-only squirrel areas of Scotland and (b) facilitate grey squirrel control.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its work to support the introduction of a ban on biodegradable municipal waste going to landfill.
To ask the Scottish Government what its current recycling targets are for (a) all and (b) household waste.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-29523 by Alasdair Allan on 16 September 2024, how it accurately monitors the total installed solar capacity, of all types, approved by local authorities.
To ask the Scottish Government how much new incineration capacity has become operational since June 2022.
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made towards developing an indicative declining cap on residual waste treatment capacity, as outlined in the Independent Review of the Role of Incineration in the Waste Hierarchy in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-29352 by Gillian Martin on 17 September 2024, what approaches have been made to (a) academia and (b) the private sector to explore the potential for new recovery solutions.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the area of (a) prime and (b) other agriculture land that is currently used for renewable energy projects, also broken down by the type of renewable energy project.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-27871 by Gillian Martin on 7 June 2024, when it will publish Zero Waste Scotland's landfill ban and infrastructure capacity report.