Claim John Swinney stayed at Peter Mandelson's residence is Mostly True
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Waste
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Is Scotland achieving its climate targets?
The Scottish Government’s plan for achieving net zero includes targets to reduce total emissions each year, as well as
Edinburgh city council accused of ‘creative carbon accounting’
The City of Edinburgh Council has been accused of “creative carbon accounting” by “ignoring” the climate pollution caused by a
30,000 tonnes of recycling waste ‘goes up in smoke’
Over 30,000 tonnes of waste put out every year for recycling in Scotland end up being burnt in incinerators
Ten new waste incinerators ‘will threaten recycling targets’
Plans to treble the amount of waste burnt in ten new incinerators across Scotland will prevent the Scottish Government from
Outrage over loch polluted by plastic waste from fish farm company
A sea loch on the west coast of Scotland prized for its wildlife has been polluted by countless thousands of
Scotland’s waste dump failure ‘could give England £100m’
Scotland’s failure to ban waste dumping could give England a “£100 million landfill tax gift”, an industry body is
Scotland lagging behind the rest of the UK on recycling
Scottish ministers and councils have come under fire after official figures revealed that Scotland recycled less household waste than England,
‘Significant’ radioactive waste problem at Trident submarine base
Scotland’s environmental watchdog has criticised nuclear waste handling at the UK Trident bomb base on the Clyde after a
Rash of new waste incinerators prompts fears for health and recycling
Eleven huge new waste incinerators are being planned across Scotland, prompting warnings they will endanger health, pollute the environment and
Outed: the 371 plants that pollute Scotland
More than 300 industrial sites across Scotland – including a host of well-known names – have been named and shamed by the