The Scottish Government published its response to Dr Colin Church’s second and final report of the Independent Review on the Role of Incineration in Scotland’s Waste Hierarchy (the Review) on 5 May 2023, which focused on options to decarbonise the residual waste infrastructure in Scotland.In its response, the Scottish Government accepted Recommendation 17, that the Scottish Government and SEPA should put in place by 2025 robust arrangements to stop fossil-based plastic from being incinerated in Scotland from the beginning of 2030, except...