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Limits to Growth report published by The Club of Rome
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International Conference on Environment and Economics (OECD) report concludes that the environment and economics should be mutually reinforcing.
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U.K. National Waste Strategy
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U.K. National Industrial Symbiosis Programme launches.
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Choosing Our Future: Scotland's Sustainable Development Strategy
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Scottish Government established New Recycling Targets
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EU Raw Materials Commission strives for increasing resource efficiency and promoting recycling to reduce the EU's consumption of raw materials.
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Scotland Zero Waste Plan
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Resource Efficient Europe programme launched.
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Waste Regulations passed by Scottish Government
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Resource Efficient Scotland Programme.
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European Commissioner for Environment, Janez Potocnik, introduced term 'circular economy' to the Scottish Parliament's Committee on Rural Affairs, Climate Change, and the Environment.
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Safeguarding Scotland's Resources Programme.
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Scottish Government invites Walter Stahel to give evidence, and commissions a study to assess the challenges and opportunities for a circular economy
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Scottish Parliament Information Centre's report is published outlining opportunities for the circular economy in Scotland.
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Growing a Circular Economy: Ending the Throwaway Society, a U.K. parliament report.
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Growth Within: A Circular Economy Vision for a Competitive Europe, report published by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
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The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge legislation is enacted by U.K. parliament
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Scottish Government's Charter for Household Recycling report.
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Scottish Government's Manufacturing Action Plan.
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Making Things Last, the concluding report of the Scottish Government's three-year consultation becomes the official circular economy report for the Scottish Government.