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Recycling in the Highlands
30/11/2004
Five community recycling initiatives in the Highlands
have been allocated more than £550,000 to begin
operating.
Groups in Caithness, Golspie, Inverness, Lochaber and
Ross-shire will further develop initiatives including
furniture re-use schemes as well as textile, plastic and
paper recycling.
The awards are from the Executive's Strategic Waste Fund
and are in addition to £49 million recently allocated to
Highland Council.
Environment Minister Ross Finnie said:
"The Scottish Executive is committed to transforming the
country's record on waste reduction, recyling, composting
and recovery. This £500,000 will help ensure that many
Highland citizens have access to more locally based
recycling facilities.
"Our National Waste Plan, which we are backing with
significant resources, is beginning to show a real
difference on the ground. Every month, recycling becomes
easier for Scots with new and improved kerbside facilities,
recycling bins and other services being provided across the
country.
"Because of its large, widely dispersed population,
Highland Council faces a number of significant challenges
in providing recycling and composting services to its
citizens.
"The £500,000 I announce today will provide crucial
resources to ensure the involvement of the area's community
sector will assist in the successful provision of these
services.
"By providing this additional funding we are helping
people in the Highlands meet their targets for waste
minimisation, recycling and reduction in landfill.
"We are determined to provide Scots with much more
sustainable ways of managing their waste."
The £552,983 is distributed among:
- Blythswood Care in Rosshire is to divert an
additional 911 tonnes of household waste material such
as, clothing, bedding, textiles, bric-a-brac and
bicycles from being sent to landfill.
£184,688
Lochaber Environmental Group
will divert from landfill additional household
waste for re-use through the existing 'Refurnishing
Scheme' which provides free of charge household
furnishing to those in need. Some 2,133 households
will receive assistance.
£88,324
Inverness Newstart will
develop the Inverness Furniture Recycling Service
to significantly increase the additional amount of
waste they divert from landfill from 108 tonnes to
372 tonnes and will assist 2,350 households in
2006.
£94,745