Abstract
Scotland is experiencing a variety of challenges to its traditional linear economy from issues relating to air pollution, climate change, energy, population growth, waste, and water. In response, Scotland has implemented a variety of upstream and downstream fiscal and non-fiscal tools to develop the circular economy and encourage a life cycle perspective to be taken by economic actors in an attempt to decouple economic growth from resource use and associated environmental impacts.
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———. 2017d. Meeting regulations and legislation [Online]. Available: http://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/content/meeting-regulations-legislation.
———. 2017e. New app makes going green easy for retailers [Online]. Available: http://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/content/new-app-makes-going-green-easy-retailers.
———. 2017f. Scottish circular economy business network [Online]. Available: http://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/circular-economy/scottish-network.
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Brears, R.C. (2018). Natural Resource Management and the Circular Economy in Scotland. In: Natural Resource Management and the Circular Economy. Palgrave Studies in Natural Resource Management . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71888-0_10
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