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Case Studies

Schematic of combined sewer systems
25 January 2023

Sewage polluted waters and a lack of monitoring – Save Our Shores Leith 

Community organisation Save our Shore Leith (SOSLeith) campaigns against the impact of sewage outflows and the lack of monitoring in the Water of Leith – Jim Jarvie explains why and what needs to change …

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14 November 2022

Sewage sludge spreading – the harm and fight for improved regulation

Rural communities affected by sewage sludge spreading on agricultural land continue to wait for the Scottish Government to act on the human and environmental health risks. Read how community representatives, Doreen and Jo, have been at the forefront of public action against sewage sludge for more than a decade ...

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Greenspace at
17 August 2022

Reclaiming contaminated land & unaffordable, unfair access to justice

In the Murieston Valley, Livingston lies a plot of vacant contaminated land which is now a valued local greenspace. Despite significant community concerns, a planning application was approved on appeal. Find out more about their struggle and how "its the financial side that inhibits the small man from doing something" ...

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29 October 2021

Court costs make access to justice unaffordable

‘I had good grounds to challenge the incinerator but when it came to it, I had no assets to pursue a legal challenge – so where was my human right of access to justice?’ ...

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