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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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———. 2017g. One-to-one support [Online]. Available: http://www.resourceefficientscotland.com/content/one-one-support.
———. 2017h. Resource efficient pledge [Online]. Available: http://www.resourceefficientscotland.com/resource/resource-efficiency-pledge.
———. 2017i. The savings finder [Online]. Available: http://www.resourceefficientscotland.com/resource/savings-finder.
———. 2017j. Waste prevention implementation fund [Online]. Available: http://www.resourceefficientscotland.com/resource/resource-efficiency-waste-prevention-implementation-fund.
Revolve. 2017. Revolve re-use quality standard [Online]. Available: http://www.revolvereuse.com/.
Scottish Enterprise. 2017. Finance your research [Online]. Available: https://www.scottish-enterprise.com/services/develop-new-products-and-services/rd-grant/overview.
Scottish Government. 2016a. High level summary of statistics trend last update: Thursday, December 22, 2016. Electricity generation [Online]. Available: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Business/TrendElectricity.
———. 2016b. Population projections for Scottish areas [Online]. Available: https://news.gov.scot/news/population-projections-for-scottish-areas-2.
———. 2017a. Draft Scottish energy strategy: The future of energy in Scotland. Available: http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/01/3414.
———. 2017b. Preparing for a new climate [Online]. Available: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Environment/climatechange/scotlands-action/adaptation.
SEPA. 2015. Waste from all sources – Summary data for 2015. Available: https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/287063/waste-from-all-sources-summary-data-2015.pdf.
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Zero Waste Scotland. 2011. Supply chain management and sustainable procurement. A guide for Scottish SMEs. Available: http://www.resourceefficientscotland.com/sites/default/files/Supply%20Chain%20Management%20and%20Sustainable%20Procurement%20-%20A%20guide%20for%20Scottish%20SMEs.pdf.
———. 2015. Guidance document. Available: http://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/sites/default/files/4RE003-000%20Guidance%20document%20FINAL_2.pdf.
———. 2017a. Carrier bag charge [Online]. Available: http://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/litter-flytipping/carrier-bag-charge.
———. 2017b. Circular economy business support service [Online]. Available: http://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/circular-economy/business-support-service.
———. 2017c. Circular economy investment fund [Online]. Available: http://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/circular-economy/investment-fund.
———. 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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