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The UK waste compositional study referred to in S5W-33142 was conducted by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). Information on the five local authorities that were selected is not held by Scottish Government. However, Zero Waste Scotland expect to begin fieldwork for a revised analysis of the composition of household municipal waste in Spring 2021, and publication of the full results is expected in 2022.

Since 2014, the Scottish Government has engaged with local authorities and other key partners on litter issues through various mechanisms, including the Litter Managers’ Network, which meets regularly. Enforcement practices have been further discussed in the enforcement sub-group of the Litter Managers’ Network which has met six times since 2018, as outlined in S5W-33603 and S5W-34082 on 23 December 2020; as well as in the steering group that was tasked with reviewing the National Litter Strategy.

Details on the applications and payments made through the Covid-19 Restrictions fund were published on the Scottish Government website on the 18 December and can be found here .

SEPA already collects a range of data from Energy from Waste operators including on waste throughput, energy production and stack emissions. SEPA has not requested any additional data in light of the Zero Waste Scotland report.

We will continue to work with Energy from Waste operators and developers to consider opportunities to further improve the efficiency of plants, and we have recently held initial discussions with SEPA and representatives from across the waste industry.

The Scottish Government does not hold information on the number of pets and other animals being abandoned.

Local Environment Audit and Management System (LEAMS) has been used since 2003 to collect data on local environmental quality. This data is collected by Local Authorities and administered by Keep Scotland Beautiful.

Zero Waste Scotland is working with Keep Scotland Beautiful, Association for Public Service Excellence, Local Authorities, the Improvement Service and SOLACE to implement a new Litter Monitoring System that will collect more granular information to contribute to the national picture of litter in Scotland and help to inform targeted responses.

Scottish Government has given over £1.5 million supporting litter and flytipping reduction campaigns and projects across Scotland.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-32510 on 13 November 2020, which outlines behaviour change marketing campaigns supported by Scottish Government since 2014. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx '

Scottish Government has also supported the following campaign and projects:

• £4,000 to the Reusable Masks campaign which launched in 2020.
• £4,000 to the Upstream Battle campaign, which launched in 2018.
• £650,000 to the Clean Up Scotland campaign/project which ran between 2013 and 2016.
• £120,000 Contextual Messaging Toolkits to provide communications materials for anyone to use based on behavioural insights research

The Scottish Government has also provided £113,000 to support organisations to develop litter action plans since 2014.

Scottish Government does not hold information on fixed penalty notices issued by police for flytipping.

This information is held at a local level by individual local authorities and each authority would need to be contacted to provide the details being requested.

The Scottish Government has been, and continues to be, committed to engaging with local authorities and other key partners on the issue of litter. An enforcement sub-group of the Litter Managers Network has been set up to focus on enforcement and to discuss successes and areas that may need to be changed moving forward. This group is attended by Scottish Government, local authorities and stakeholders across the enforcement chain.