Resources

Details on the Circular Economy Bill from Zero Waste Scotland.

Materials and messages, including PDFs, for nine different locations to use to change behaviours.

Details of the Deposit Return Scheme from Zero Waste Scotland.

Report written for Zero Waste Scotland to explore the indirect costs of litter in Scotland.

Tips to stop waste escaping from bins from Zero Waste Scotland.

A report on a rapid evidence review of littering behaviours and policy interventions for Zero Waste Scotland.

Summary report by Zero Waste Scotland on the policy options for Scotland focusing on understanding and managing the environmental impact of single use e-cigarettes/ vapes.

Details of the the Single Use Products Regulations from Zero Waste Scotland.

Examples of interventions to tackle litter and littering behaviour.

Details on Extended Producer Responsibility from Zero Waste Scotland.

Detail on the responsibilities of different groups from Zero Waste Scotland.

Information on becoming a TFT Community Hub and finding them.

Information on planning, removing and reporting on single-use pollution.

Report on the state of terrestrial pollution on recreational trail ecosystems in the UK.

Detail on the responsibilities of Transport Scotland regarding litter.

Information about the contracts and maintenance of Scottish trunk roads.

Advice and a guide from The 2 Minute Foundation on reducing waste.

Surfers Against Sewage report on brands from the 2023 citizen science.

Details on the Million Mile Clean and the ways to get involved.

Information for business to partner with Surfers Against Sewage.

Details on lobbying from The Scottish Parliament.

A tool to find current and previous Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs).

Information for organisations on dealing with business and commercial waste from the Scottish Government.

Statutory guidance on keeping land free of litter and refuse, and roads clean.

List of consultations on Environment and Climate Change from the Scottish Government.

Analysis of responses to the 2022 consultation on Delivering Scotland's Circular Economy: Route map to 2025 and Beyond.

The marine litter strategy outlines new priority actions to tackle marine litter in Scotland, building on the work already conducted through the original strategy.

The National Litter and Flytipping Strategy sets out a refreshed approach to tackling litter and flytipping in order to protect and enhance Scotland’s environment and ensure safer and cleaner communities and contribute to a thriving circular economy for Scotland.

Outlines actions to be undertaken in the first year of the Strategy alongside the organisation responsible for the delivery of the action.

An report with an overview of the scale and cost of litter and flytipping in Scotland.

Information and minutes if the group who provide expertise and advice on the implementation of a minimum charge on single-use disposable beverage cups in Scotland.

Information on the people and bodies who run the government.

A community network tackling single-use plastic from beaches & green spaces.

Training videos from the Marine Conservation Society with what you need to know about organising, running and evaluating a beach clean.

Details on how cigarettes are contributing to the plastic pollution problem.

Search to find a Great British Beach Clean event near you or add one.

Data collection on litter you see in your local area inland from Marine Conservation Society.

Information on what the Beachwatch litter data says and the actions the Marine Conservation Society are taking around the UK and Channel Islands.

Teaching resource for ages 4-7 to help students explore and understand the impacts of litter on our seas.

Teaching resources for ages 7-11 to help students explore the impacts of litter on marine life.

Activity focussed lesson plans designed for students aged 14-16 linked to science and geography curricula across the UK.

Information on a project using aerial photography collected by light aircraft to identify visible macro litter on the coast.

Dog Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003 legislation.

Environmental Protection Act 1990 legislation.

The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 legislation.

The Environmental Protection (Cotton Buds) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 legislation.

A survey to help you count the litter you find on a waterway to build Scotland's first comprehensive river litter data-set.

Find clean up events, add your own and Community Clean Up Hubs.

Complete surveys to find out what items and behaviours you should be tackling.

Information pack detailing what you need to hold a safe, successful Clean Up from Keep Scotland Beautiful.

Information on the Climate and Nature Friendly Communities Network of volunteer-led community groups carrying out community growing projects and looking after their local community and our environment.

Information and data on the national local environmental quality monitoring programme carried out by local authorities and Keep Scotland Beautiful.

Tracking public perceptions and attitudes towards litter and littering behaviour - 2023 report.

A report on the data gathered in the national monitoring programme of local environmental quality surveys across Scotland in 2023/2024 providing a national picture of litter, who is most affected and what items need tackling.

Research report from Hubbub in 2021 about why young men the most likely demographic to litter and how can we change behaviours.

Hubbub cigarette litter 2022: polling summary.

Campaigns and projects by Hubbub on litter and recycling including Tidy Roadsides, Ballot Bins and Borrow Cup.

YouTube video from Hubbub on how to drive down roadside litter. Hubbub and Ellipsis Earth share detailed litter insights and the latest findings from the #TidyRoadsides campaign.

Information on team beach cleans for team building or volunteering days for organisations from the Marine Conservation Society.

Example of designing an anti-litter campaign for the community and engagement with the public.

Reports and guides from Volunteer Scotland including measuring volunteering impact and economic value.

Campaigns run by Keep Scotland Beautiful including Roadside litter campaign, Upstream Battle and Cup Movement.

A member of the international Paws on Plastic community, talking about how she got the litter picking bug and why everyone should do it.

Toolkit from Glasgow City Council to help and support residents, owners, factors and landlords to work together within their communities to improve the conditions within their shared private lane.

Information and resources from Fife Coast & Countryside Trust on litter picking.

Details of local groups registered with CleanupUk or register your group.

Information on corporate volunteering experiences with CleanupUK.

Information on joining CleanupUK as a corporate partner.

A range of guides and tools from CleanupUK on litter picking.

Beach forecast and tide times from the Met Office.

Guides and resources to help volunteers to help the Marine Conservation Society take action to tackle our ocean crisis, includes beach clean organiser guide, poster and risk assessment template.

Tools to help you gather and use evidence and learning on funded projects.

A one-hour online event from Keep Scotland Beautiful to learn about ongoing action across Scotland to address the litter emergency.

The Revolve Reuse Knowledge Hub provides training and ongoing support to both new start-ups and long-established reuse businesses and supports the reuse sector to offer the best possible experience to customers looking to access second hand goods.

Information on the Fishing for Litter project operations in Scotland.

Findings from trail cleans in Scotland, including item types collected. This file is the property of Trash Free Trails: https://www.trashfreetrails.org/

Materials from Zero Waste Scotland to use targeting smoking litter.

Clean Up case studies from Brighter Bothwell, a Climate and Nature Friendly Communities Network group, includes tackling smoking and dog fouling.

Outlines progress of the first year of delivery of the National Litter and Flytipping Strategy and the action plan for year 2.

A report on the data gathered in the national monitoring programme of local environmental quality surveys across Scotland in 2022/23 providing a national picture of litter, who is most affected and what items need tackling.

Tracking public perceptions and attitudes towards litter and littering behaviour - 2024 report.

A public consultation on the proposed implementation of charging for single-use disposable beverage cups in Scotland.

Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024 legislation.

Details on how data collected from beach cleans makes real positive changes to our beaches and seas.

Litter Pick and Play Toolkit is a resource designed to support groups running litter-picking activities with children and young people.

Details on reducing pollution by preventing litter and flytipping.

A campaign from Scottish Water asking people to 'bin the wipes'.

Report on how the world can end plastic pollution and create a circular economy.

Scotland's plan to deliver 11 priority actions that will help maximise progress towards a circular economy.

Find out how one volunteer group tackled a local problem and filled dozens of bags of litter.

Find out what one volunteer group did when unusual food items were washing up on their local beach.

Find out how one volunteer group used nudge theory to improve their community.