Question reference: S6W-01876
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 26 July 2021
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Current status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 August 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00674 by Michael Matheson on 23 July 2021, whether it will provide the information that was requested regarding whether it has carried out a feasibility study on building a new plastic recycling plant, whether as part of its deposit return scheme or otherwise, and for what reason it did not provide this information in its response.
Answer
A feasibility study has not been carried out on building a new plastic recycling plant. As part of the assessment identified in the answer to S6W-00674, Zero Waste Scotland have commissioned work to better understand and forecast the volumes of materials, including plastics, collected for recycling. Once this work has been finalised, we will consider the next steps.
In the meantime, we will continue to work with local authorities and Circularity Scotland Ltd, as scheme administrator of Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme, to explore options that could unlock investment in plastics reprocessing, such as pooling recyclate and longer contractual periods.