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Seòmar agus comataidhean

New Voluntary Guidelines for Retailers on Second-hand and Pre-loved Items

  • Submitted by: Maurice Golden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2022
  • Motion reference: S6M-05836

That the Parliament commends the Scottish Retail Consortium and its members on launching new voluntary guidelines for retailers on the treatment of second-hand and pre-loved items; welcomes what it sees as this industry-leading and responsible initiative from retailers that is aimed at delivering a more circular economy during what is "Second Hand September"; celebrates the aim and ambition of this new initiative to limit, and ultimately, end, the sending of items to landfill unnecessarily and to keep them in circulation for longer so that they can be used and loved by more people; welcomes the move to provide customers with better and more transparent information about the condition of goods in order to give them confidence in the quality and condition of the second-hand items purchased, and welcomes the practical and detailed guidance and support available to retailers, brands, charities, and resell platforms to ensure that textiles product lines, including women’s, men’s, and children’s clothing, footwear, accessories, and non-apparel textiles such as bedding, cushion covers, towels, curtains, and more, are kept within a circular loop rather than being sent to landfill.


Supported by: Karen Adam, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Donald Cameron, Finlay Carson, Graeme Dey, Sharon Dowey, Russell Findlay, Murdo Fraser, Pam Gosal, Jamie Greene, Dr. Sandesh Gulhane, Craig Hoy, Liam Kerr, Bill Kidd, John Mason, Stuart McMillan, Edward Mountain, Douglas Ross, Mark Ruskell, Alexander Stewart, Paul Sweeney, Sue Webber, Annie Wells, Tess White, Martin Whitfield, Brian Whittle