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I would like to get a European Union perspective on the matter. Anna, how aligned are the different member states of the EU on this? Have many countries gone off and done different things, perhaps within a sort of framework?

My first question is for Melissa.

You mentioned Amazon’s response. I have a question about the bill’s proposals to restrict disposal of unsold goods. Do you agree with them? How far should that be aligned with the requirement on businesses to report on waste and surpluses?

My other question is about charging for single-use items, whether that would be effective and whether you support it. I think that Toni Freitas wanted to come in on this point.

Do you think that it would not be effective because, over time, people would just get used to the higher price and pay it?

Thanks, convener. I think that this is a question for Emma Hallett, first of all.

Some businesses have called for the alignment of UK-wide approaches in these areas. To what extent should we be aligned on this across the United Kingdom, or is this something that the Scottish Government can go it alone on in certain areas?

So, with things such as coffee cups, we would be looking at not charging for them but banning them altogether.

I was thinking of targets, for example. Is there alignment or divergence across the EU on those?

You mentioned POPs waste earlier on, and we heard from members of the previous panel that, for example, the disposal of sofas will be particularly difficult from next January. How are your local authorities looking at how you will deal with that sofa waste?

We heard from the previous panel members that some recycling centres refuse to take sofas. I guess that that leads to them being fly-tipped instead, which probably takes us on to the next set of questions, convener.

You will encourage people to make this switch by 2030. If that is the case, will the charging infrastructure be in place by 2030 to enable people to make that switch if they want to?