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Recycling starts to roll in Glasgow
28/11/2003
Glasgow City Council has been awarded £9,389,500 from
the Strategic Waste Fund to allow the introduction of
kerbside collection of steel and aluminium cans, glass,
paper and plastics.
The money will be available over the next three years
and will also finance research into recycling technologies
and the upgrading of the municipal fefuse facility at
Polmadie.
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 Glasgow 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 as possible 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."
Glasgow City Council will receive funding of £1,010,500
in 2003/04, £4,111,500 in 2004/05 and £4,267,500 in
2005/06, which will deliver 14% recycling and composting by
2005/06.
The Strategic Waste Fund is a specific grant scheme
established by the 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 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 Executive
in 1999, sets the framework for changing the way waste is
managed; 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.