Environmental, Waste and Renewables Update

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

STV: Rewire economy to see Scotland become richer and greener, report urges

Scotland must rewire its economy to become a fairer, greener and richer country, an economic and environmental report has said. The paper urges political leaders to put a circular approach at the heart of growing the country’s economy.  Environmental organisation Zero Waste Scotland has published the report alongside the Economic Development Association Scotland (EDAS), which describes itself as the “foremost membership organisation for economic development professionals working across Scotland”.

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BBC: Plan to remove all hedgehogs from Hebridean isles

A conservation project has secured nearly £100,000 towards removing every hedgehog from a group of islands in the Western Isles.

The animals are not native to the Hebrides and are blamed for eating the eggs of ground-nesting birds, causing severe declines of several species.  A new project - Saving Uist Nature (SUN) - would trap hedgehogs in South Uist and Benbecula and release them on mainland Scotland.

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The National: Firm behind two Scottish wind farms bought out of administration

Ripple Energy, which ran the Kirk Hill wind farm in South Ayrshire and the Whitelaw Brae wind farm in the Scottish Borders – which is still under development – called in liquidators in March.  Administrators with Begbies Traynor said they were in “advanced discussions with a number of interested parties” about a takeover of Ripple, adding that there was likely to be “no disruption to the service during the sale process”.

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The Scottish Farmer: Green light for Scotland's largest community solar farm on Arran

Arran Community Renewables, a Community Benefit Society based on the Isle of Arran, has been granted planning consent for a 6 MW solar farm, with the aim of generating 5,600MWh of clean renewable energy from 2027.  Glenkiln Solar Farm will be located around 1km west of Lamlash and will provide enough renewable energy to meet one quarter of the island’s domestic power needs.

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