The award was presented at the Davos Circular Economy awards in Switzerland.
Materials Recycling World reported that the awards were given during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, rewarding cities and regions, as well as national government bodies and programmes and public policy initiatives, that “best provide an enabling environment for the circular economy (CE) to develop and flourish”.
The Scottish government won the award, which it had been nominated for earlier this month, because they were “the first nation to join the Ellen MacArthur Foundation CE100 network” and that Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister, had focused on circular principles in Scotland’s economic and manufacturing strategies.
Roseanna Cunningham, Scottish Environment Secretary, said: “The award reflects our clear direction and priorities set out in our CE strategy Making Things Last, and the rich programme of investment and innovation we are pursuing in partnership with Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS), Sepa, Scottish Enterprise, the third sector and business across Scotland.
”The award reflects a lot of hard work, and I am grateful to everyone who is helping us to ‘Make Things Last’ in Scotland.”