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£1 million for new composting facilities
07/04/2005
Funding to improve Scotland's record on recycling and
the sustainable management of waste was announced
today.
Attending the British Irish Council on the Environment
in Dublin, Environment Minister Mr Finnie announced around
£1 million pounds capital investment for three composting
facilities in Cumbernauld, Blantyre and Lugton.
Mr Finnie said:
"The funding I am announcing today will increase the
composting infrastructure in Scotland. The investment in
these facilities will mean a total increase in composting
capacity of 57,000 tonnes per year by the time they are
fully operational.
"We have already invested nearly £1 billion through the
Strategic Waste Fund up to 2020, to improve our recycling
and composting rates by increasing facilities across the
country.
"However, there is still much more to do. We must be
imaginative in the ways we seek to encourage businesses to
reduce, reuse and recycle their waste. We will shortly be
consulting on a framework on non-municipal waste.
"We also need to encourage the public to reduce the
amount of waste they produce. "We will consult later this
year on a prevention plan for household waste which will
cover areas such as the design of products; providing
advice to consumers on how to make choices that minimise
waste and action that can be taken in the home to minimise
waste."
The Executive tasked the Waste and Resources Action
Programme (WRAP) with managing a capital support project
for organic waste. Following an open competition three
Scottish capital support awards have been made to Scottish
Water, William Tracey and GP Plantscape. The total WRAP
contribution is £1,018,008 out of a total project value of
£3,991,576 resulting in 57,000 tonnes of new composting
capacity.