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Waste producers and carriers are being reminded of the importance of keeping accurate records after a Rothesay man was given a £300 penalty for failing to complete waste transfer notes correctly.

Scotland’s environmental regulator is urging land managers to ensure practices are in line with environmental regulations after serving a £600 civil penalty to a farmer for unauthorised river engineering.

A Kirkcudbrightshire farmer has been served with a civil penalty of £600 by Scotland’s environment regulator for carrying out unauthorised engineering works on the bank of the River Dee at Mayfield Farm in Tongland.

Scotland is experiencing growing signs of water scarcity, with half of all river catchments now at Alert status.

This is a policy statement and relates to the Official Statistics Publication for Scotland – Scottish Waste From All Sources 2023 published at 9.30am on Tuesday 15 July 2025.

Thank you for your letter of 20 August 2025 of behalf of the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament which was also published on your website.