Environmental, Waste and Renewables Update

Here is a summary of today's Environmental, Waste and Renewables news:

BBC: How repairing peat could prevent Glasgow's tap water turning brown

Hundreds of hectares of peatland is being restored in a project which aims to prevent Glasgow's tap water turning brown during extreme rain. Loch Katrine, in the heart of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, supplies water to 1.3 million people in and around Scotland's largest city.

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STV: Wildlife body warns over progress on nature recovery

A collaboration of wildlife organisations has warned that it could take almost 70 years for large-scale nature restoration to be under way across 30% of Scotland.  More than 20 organisations, under the umbrella of the Scottish Rewilding Alliance (SRA), said rewilding is currently under way across 2.5% of the country’s land, with 195,615 hectares rewilding.  This is an increase of 32,985 hectares since the alliance’s last assessment one year ago, which reported that 2.1% of Scotland’s land was rewilding.

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Scotsman: 'Extinction alarm' as UK butterfly species in long-term decline after numbers collapse

More than half of UK butterfly species are now in long-term decline, with figures revealing a dramatic collapse in numbers as Scotland is amongst the worst-hit regions.

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Circular: Almost 7 billion plastic bags will be used for UK deliveries by 2030

New research shows that almost 7 billion plastic bags will be used for UK deliveries by 2030, widening the gap between high-street and online retail efforts to move away from plastic bags.

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