The figures, obtained from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa), show that between 2018 and 2022, around 100 tonnes a month every month of plastic packaging waste was exported from Scotland. The statistics show that for the four-year period, 2,948 tonnes of plastic was exported to Ireland, 1,670 tonnes to Spain, 176 tonnes to Belgium, 74 tonnes to the Netherlands and 71 tonnes to Germany. But outside of the European Union, Scotland exported 1,510 tonnes of plastic waste to Turkey. The UK exports around 60 per cent of the more than 2.5 million tonnes of plastic packaging waste it creates. The committee has called for a ban on the export of all plastic waste from the UK by 2027.

Source: The Herald June 26, 2023 07:32 UTC