Environmental Standards Scotland publish lecture on The European Green Deal and the Logic of Sustainable Transition
- 1 June 2023
Environmental Standards Scotland has published a video of a lecture by Dr Hans Bruyninckx on The European Green Deal and the Logic of Sustainable Transition. You can watch the full video here. Environmental Standards Scotland provides details of their role and current activities on their website, along with recordings of recent lectures/presentations.https://www.environmentalstandards.scot/
REHIS May News
- 25 May 2023
Welcome to the May Newsletter. It has been a hectic month since our last newsletter with our Annual Environmental Health Forum and Scottish Food Safety Registration Board professional interviews taking place. The Council launched the Strategic Plan for the next three years which features in our Spring Journal, and we have been planning some professional […]
UK Government removes sunset clause for all retained EU law
- 25 May 2023
UK legislation derived from the EU that was retained on the UK statute book at the point of Brexit will no longer be revoked en masse at the end of this year, the UK government has announced. The Retained EU Law (Reform and Revocation) Bill (REUL) will be amended, removing a clause that would have scrapped […]
Highland Council analysis waste composition
- 25 May 2023
Highland Council has conducted waste composition analysis and discovered that 36% of binned household waste could be recycled or composted. The analysis was funded by Zero Waste Scotland as part of a national analysis of the waste in household bins across Scotland. On top of the 36% that could be recycled or composted at home, an additional […]
EMCDDA Webinar: Teens and substance use — what can parents do?
- 25 May 2023
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) Webinar: Teens and substance use — what can parents do? is now available to view on YouTube here. The webinar aims to help adults manage risks relating to adolescent substance use in line with evidence-based prevention principles. Smoking and drinking among 15–16-year-old school students are showing […]
Clean Air Day
- 24 May 2023
Clean Air Day, the UK’s largest campaign on air pollution is happening on Thursday 15 June 2023. The theme is – “Clean up our air to look after your mind this #CleanAirDay”. The campaign is focusing on the fact that cleaning up our air is good for us in many ways: it not only benefits our physical health […]
Noise Action Week 22 – 27 May 2023
- 24 May 2023
The Institute supports Noise Action Week which is occurring on 22-27 May. Noise Action Week is an annual initiative coordinated by Environmental Protection UK since 1996 and aims to raise the profile of unhealthy noise, simple solutions to avoid noise problems and the professionals trained to manage noise. Noise is a major nuisance and pollutant that […]
Scottish Council’s support ban on sale of single-use vapes
- 24 May 2023
A ban on the sale of single use vapes is being called for by Scottish Local Authorities amid growing health and environmental concerns. 18 Councils are actively calling on the Scottish Government to ban disposable e-cigs: Aberdeen, East Dunbartonshire, Falkirk, Fife, North Ayrshire, Dundee, West Dunbartonshire, Glasgow, Argyll and Bute, Renfrewshire, East Lothian, Moray, Edinburgh, […]
Australia to ban non-prescription vapes
- 23 May 2023
The Australian Government’s have published their National tobacco strategy 2023-2030 which announces that they will ban single-use, disposable vapes and also the importation of nonprescription vaping products – including those that do not contain nicotine. To tackle youth vaping, minimum quality standards for vapes will be introduced including restricting flavours, colours and other ingredients. Vape […]
Glasgow City Council cracks down on fly-tipping
- 23 May 2023
Almost 150 enforcement notices were issued to Glasgow businesses in just seven weeks as part of efforts to tackle fly-tipping. Commercial Waste Officers in the Environmental Health department issued the notices to businesses which were found to have no commercial waste contracts in place during seven Weeks of Action held since April 2022. More than […]
63,000 households in Scotland can be lifted out of poverty through quitting tobacco, reveals ASH Scotland
- 2 May 2023
Around 63,000 households in Scotland would no longer experience relative poverty if people are empowered to successfully give up tobacco, according to analysis released marking the launch of ASH Scotland’s new three-year strategy. The analysis also shows that 42% of all households in Scotland containing people who smoke live in relative poverty, and there would […]
Local Living and 20 Minute Neighbourhood: draft planning guidance
- 2 May 2023
The Scottish Government are seeking views on draft guidance on local living and 20 minute neighbourhoods to support the implementation of National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4). Local living and 20 minute neighbourhoods can help to deliver the healthy, sustainable and resilient places required to support a good quality of life and balance our environmental impact. Guidance has […]
