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I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-32339 on 10 November 2020. The Scottish Government 2018-19 ‘Food Waste Gone Bad’ campaign has most recently been evaluated. This campaign generated awareness of 47% and most notably, 76% of people who saw the campaign took action as a result, with a corresponding increase of 4 percentage points in the proportion of the target audience recycling food waste at ‘every opportunity’.

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There is no single dataset of all flytipping incidents in Scotland, as there is no legal requirement for duty bodies or landowners to report on flytipping externally. The figures provided below represent incidents reported via the voluntary reporting options Flymapper, Dumb Dumpers and Flytipping & Litter Monitoring System (F&LMS).

It is clear that the data varies significantly from year to year but it is not possible to deduce whether this relates to variations in incidents or variations in reporting by relevant bodies.

The Waste Data Strategy Board’s action plan includes key components of waste data monitoring and reporting. The plan includes the development of a national food waste monitoring and measuring plan to align with Food Waste Reduction Action Plan, and an update of the national food waste estimates.

We remain committed to consulting on proposals for enhancing food waste monitoring and measurement, as set out in the Food Waste Reduction Action Plan, in due course. As part of this future work, the Waste Data Strategy Board will work closely with the Scottish Government and Zero Waste Scotland to develop a detailed monitoring and reporting timeline. A full review of the Food Waste Reduction Action Plan progress is scheduled for 2021.

The planned consultation on the range of commitments identified in the Food Waste Reduction Action Plan, has been delayed by a number of factors, including the recent Covid-19 crisis. We remain committed to consulting on the Scottish Government’s proposals for an obligation for food retail sites over a certain size to redistribute edible food in due course.

Towards a litter free Scotland was reviewed in 2019-20 by a steering group of organisations. The key findings were as follows:

• The focus should move to a more holistic approach, tackling throwaway culture by setting prevention within the context of the circular economy and linking to wider policy areas such as marine litter, climate change and biodiversity loss.
• Improving the collection and use of data is vital to inform action and measure the impacts.
• Future work should be led by a steering group to ensure ownership by a range of stakeholders, reflecting the need to work together across geography and sectors.

Further work on the review is planned for 2021 and will take into account the impacts of COVID-19 on littering and littering behaviours.

Certain subsectors have been identified and prioritised but planned work has been significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Zero Waste Scotland and partners have developed a specific toolkit for the hospitality and food service sector which has been promoted and shared with key stakeholders, including through a regional workshop (which 40 businesses attended), webinars (235 sign-ups) and round table events (12 operators with multiple businesses). The toolkit includes an e-module, a quick start guide and posters for kitchens to reinforce best practice and behaviours. Further sector specific guidance is planned for the next year, and will take into account the impacts of COVID-19 for certain sectors.

This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. This information is held at a local level by individual local authorities and each authority would need to be contacted to provide the details.

Information on campaigns run by, or in association with, Scottish Government is provided in the following table. A significant proportion of litter prevention communication is led by local authorities in line with their statutory responsibilities.

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 allocation to Scottish Enterprise’s research and development budget for 2020-21 and equivalent spend in the preceding years is as follows. These figures include from FY2018/19 to FY2020/21, an additional £15 million each year for business R&D grants that the Scottish Government has made available.