Businesses can help reduce the impact of litter.

Reduce packaging

• reduce the amount or type of packaging on items you sell or buy
• wait for customers to ask for a bag, lid, napkin, or straw
  
• offer incentives for using reusable packaging
  

Clean up litter

• keep the areas around your premises clean
  
• provide bins on premises to allow customers to dispose of waste items responsibly
  
• carry out litter picks
  

Educate the public

• engage staff in preventing litter and fly-tipping
  
• display information to engage customers

Waste Management - Duty of Care

Commercial waste must be managed, stored and presented correctly so it does not become litter. For more information, see our Waste Storage and Presentation page.

You must

• have a waste contract in place to deal with any commercial waste your business produces
• clean up any commercial waste spillages created by your business

Useful links

• Reducing Litter and Flytipping - Zero Waste Scotland
• The Single Use Plastics Ban - Advice for Businesses