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Publication - Strategy/plan

Marine litter strategy

Published
28 September 2022
Directorate
Marine Directorate
Part of
Environment and climate change, Marine and fisheries
ISBN
9781804359808

This refreshed marine litter strategy outlines new priority actions to tackle marine litter in Scotland, building on the work already conducted through the original strategy.

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Footnotes

1. Marine Strategy Framework Directive – Task Group 10 Report Marine Litter

2. https://www.imo.org/en/About/Conventions/Pages/International-Convention-for-the-Prevention-of-Pollution-from-Ships-(MARPOL).aspx

3. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:164:0019:0040:EN:PDF

4. http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/environment/waste_management/l24199_en.htm

5. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/170/contents/made

6. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/water-framework/

7. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/contents

8. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1809/contents/made

9. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/5/pdfs/asp_20100005_en.pdf

10. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/148/contents/made

11. https://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/water-urbanwaste/legislation/directive_en.htm

12. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1627/contents/made

13. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-strategy-part-one-uk-initial-assessment-and-good-environmental-status

14. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-strategy-part-two-uk-marine-monitoring-programmes

15. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-strategy-part-three-uk-programme-of-measures

16. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-strategy-part-one-uk-updated-assessment-and-good-environmental-status

17. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-strategy-part-two-uk-marine-monitoring-programmes

18. https://www.ospar.org/convention/strategy

19. https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal14

20. https://ec.europa.eu/environment/topics/plastics/single-use-plastics_en

21. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/621/contents/made

22. https://www.gov.scot/publications/towards-litter-free-scotland-strategic-approach-higher-quality-local-environments/

Contact

Email: marinelitterstrategy@gov.scot

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