Enscape Consulting was commissioned by Cycling Scotland, with its active travel partners, Scottish Enterprise and Zero Waste Scotland to undertake work to look at:

• Affordable access to bikes
• Bike/ebike recycling and monitoring of reuse
• Skills and employability opportunities associated with manufacturing, retail and recycling industries

Access to suitable, affordable and safe bikes is a priority for Cycling Scotland, and the research supported its ambitions by stimulating engagement in a range of wellbeing and low carbon programmes - an important outcome for creating sustainable behaviour and opportunities for bike reuse over the long term.

The research detailed Scotland’s landscape for bike and componentry re-use and recycling – to set out future options to sustainably increase access to bikes across the country.

The report from the research is available here.