Scottish consumers are being urged to reduce and re-use the resources that flow into the economy.
Business and economy editor, Scotland
For industry, the Scottish government agency proposes a fundamental re-think of the way products are designed in this country and around the world. Forty-five years ago, Mackie Transmission was driven by the incentive of manufacturers and owners to save money. It's now a flagship for Scotland's green economy.
What makes this more than just a repair shop is that the data collected by Mackie is extremely valuable to the manufacturers. Glasgow technicians know better than Hyundai's where the weak spots are in the Korean product. The entertainment industry has made a major shift from selling products of CDs, DVDs and games to streaming and downloading services.
"I like that it's good for the environment, and I'm not having to buy something new all the time, that it doesn't take up space without much storage in my flat."Image caption,Emma Erwin has worked for the Share and Repair Network since the project began in March. "We've had someone with 26p in his bank account came to a sharing library to borrow tools for some gardening jobs, he then set up in business and he's now employing other people in landscape gardening."According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, which campaigns on re-use of resources: "In our current economy, we take materials from the Earth, make products from them, and eventually throw them away as waste - the process is linear.
France has introduced such a ban on companies destroying clothes, cosmetics, hygiene products, electrical items and other unsold or returned items. Rather than landfill or incinerate unsold goods, companies have to reuse, donate or recycle their unsold products. Another way of accounting for Scotland's resource use is its carbon footprint, including emissions from the manufacturing processes that lead to imported goods.The use of oil or gas across the economy is led by aviation, construction, making machinery as well as public services such as health and social care. It extends to the defence sector, hotels, restaurants and food processing.
The transport sector shifting to renewable energy in lighter vehicles: more car sharing, flexible home-working and fewer unnecessary journeys.
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