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Recycling funding for Western Isles
27/11/2003
Funding help reduce levels of waste going to landfill in
the Western Isles was announced today.
Western Isles Council will receive funding of £902,000
from the Strategic Waste Fund to introduce kerbside
recycling schemes, implement waste prevention and
minimisation schemes and carry out research into an
integrated waste processing system.
Environment Minister Ross Finnie said:
"The Scottish Executive is committed to transforming
Scotland's record on waste reduction, recycling, composting
and recovery. This funding will help ensure many households
across the Western Isles have access to recycling
facilities.
"By funding recycling initiatives such those announced
today, we are helping Councils meet their recycling
targets, and ensuring as many people have the opportunity
to recycle.
"But recycling on its own is not enough. We all need to
reduce the amount of waste we produce and re-use products
whenever possible. These three strands of action can
provide Scotland with much more sustainable ways of
managing waste."
The Strategic Waste Fund is a specific grant scheme
established by the Scottish Executive for the
implementation of the National Waste Strategy: Scotland. It
was set up under The Financial Assistance for the
Environmental Purposes (Scotland) Order 2000 (S.S.I.
2000/430).
Total provision for local authorities in the Strategic
Waste Fund is £30.2m for 2003/4, £90.2, for 2004/5 and
£111.7 for 2005/6. The Scottish Executive has already
allocated nearly £116 million between councils this
financial year for initiatives to increase recycling and
composting.
The National Waste Strategy, published by the Scottish
Executive in 1999, sets the framework for changing the way
waste is managed in Scotland; increasing recycling and
recovery and reducing reliance on landfill. Eleven Area
Waste Plans have been prepared by groups involving Local
Authorities, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency
(SEPA) and local stakeholders and communities to establish
the Best Practicable Environmental Option for Waste in each
Area.