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Circular Economy

This Cross-party group's purpose:

To help the Scottish Parliament to address issues around the establishment of a Circular Economy.

To provide MSPs with a source of information and expertise on issues relating to the Circular Economy and related concepts.

To bring together those with an interest in circular economic issues.

To encourage co-operation within and outwith the Scottish Parliament in promoting the adoption of circular economic practices.

To assist the Scottish Parliament in exploring circular economic concepts, meeting with circular economic experts and benefiting from their knowledge and experience.

Next meeting

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

The next meeting of the Circular Economy CPG will take place on Tuesday, 23rd September at 6pm.

This will be an online session.

Our theme for discussion will be "The Global Plastics Treaty and Scotland". In August, the international community meet in the hopes of agreeing a Global Plastics Treaty to end plastic pollution. Despite the impacts of plastic pollution continuing to rise, countries failed to agree a way forwards. Many of the solutions require local level action and communities in Scotland are already stepping up to tackle plastic pollution here. We will look at what happened in Geneva and Scotland’s role in tackling plastic pollution.
Our guest speakers for the evening include:

• Christina Dixon, Ocean Campaign Leader for the Environmental Investigation Agency who has attended all six rounds of the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations and will give an overview of what went wrong in Geneva and what happens next.
• Angela Anderson, Plastic Free Communities Scotland, who will talk about the network of communities on the front line of the plastics crisis in Scotland.
• John Berry, Marine Litter Development Officer for North Isles from the Scottish Islands Federation (SIF) will give an island perspective on marine plastics and how SIF are working with local communities and councils to tackle plastic pollution.

Get in touch

If you want to get in touch, you can contact Paul Smith

Address: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP

Email: [email protected]

Involved in the group

MSPs, individuals and organisations who participate in and support this group.

Current Members

Maurice Golden

Convener

Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for: North East Scotland (Region)

Monica Lennon

Deputy Convener

Party: Scottish Labour

MSP for: Central Scotland (Region)

Mark Ruskell

Deputy Convener

Party: Scottish Green Party

MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife (Region)

Sarah Boyack

Member

Party: Scottish Labour

MSP for: Lothian (Region)

Finlay Carson

Member

Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for: Galloway and West Dumfries (Constituency)

Jamie Halcro Johnston

Member

Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for: Highlands and Islands (Region)

Liam Kerr

Member

Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for: North East Scotland (Region)

Lorna Slater

Member

Party: Scottish Green Party

MSP for: Lothian (Region)

Non MSP Individuals

Michael Cook (Circular Communities Scotland)

Kathryn Gill

Kim Kestell (British Heart Foundation)

Phoebe Cochrane (Scottish Environment LINK)

Catherine Gemmell (Marine Conservation Society)

Sophie Brett (Keep Scotland Beautiful)

Catherine Gunby (Fidra)

Anthony Burns (ACS Clothing)

Stephen Cameron (ENVA)
Clare Campbell (Prickly Thistle)
Ronan Doyle (RMD Consulting)
John Ferguson (Binn Eco Park)
Dr Toni Freitas
Chris Hellawell (Edinburgh Tool Library)
Reeni Kennedy-Boyle (Fyne Futures)
Xiaoyan Ma (Danu Robotics)
Mary Michel (Ostero)
Fleur Ruckley (Topolytics)
Paul Smith
Nicki Souter (Resource Management Association Scotland)
Dr Lynn Wilson (Adam Smith Business School)
Martha Wood – Circular DS International

Organisations

Scottish Environment LINK
Fidra
Keep Scotland Beautiful
Marine Conservation Society
Resource Futures
Circular Communities Scotland

British Heart Foundation Scotland

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