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Item 1 – The
Environmental Standards Scotland report remains outstanding. All
other actions under this item resolved.
 
Items 2 & 3 to remain on
the list with the following additions:
 
Item 2 – Instruct
officers to contact Zero Waste Scotland to establish if they have
any information about carbon emissions and the impact on the Carbon
Budget if the Deposit Return Scheme was (1) revived, (2)
mothballed, or (3) completely removed, while officers continue to
work on a report/appendix for Committee’s
consideration.
 
Item 3 – Instruct
officers to provide Committee with the updates to the Carbon Budget
2023-24 along with a formal
guidance/timelines for the carbon budget process, following
presentation of the budget to the policy committees, to help inform
the Carbon Budget 2024-25.