The report is the first attempt to quantify the carbon impacts of a circular economy in Scotland and is one of the first globally to quantify the environmental impacts of the circular economy at a national scale. Decision makers should consider the uncertainties which are inherent to any new area of study when drawing conclusions from the results.
The analysis represents a bespoke approach, drawing on a life cycle thinking method to give an initial, high level description of the possible carbon impacts of a circular economy in Scotland.