Scottish Government

Zero Waste Fund

As part of the Scottish Government's Budget for the period 2008-11, the ring-fence around the Strategic Waste Fund was removed with resources for local authorities being transferred to the general local government settlement.

The Scottish Government retained a Zero Waste Fund amounting to just over £152 million for the period 2008-11 (£41.1 million in 2008-09, £54.4 million in 2009-10 and £56.8 million in 2010-11).

Zero Waste Fund Table

The Scottish Government spent £54 million in 2008-11 to deliver its Zero Waste objectives through the following delivery bodies and projects. For 2010-11 this is delivered by Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS):

(£m - rounded)

Delivery Body/Project	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	Total
WRAP Scotland/ZWS Programme 1	8.7	10.9	14.3	33.9
Envirowise/ZWS Programme 2	2.8	2.8	2.8	8.4
Waste Aware Scotland/ZWS Programme 3	2.0	1.7	1.8	5.5
Community Recycling Network for Scotland/ZWS Programme 4	0.7	0.7	0.7	2.1
Remade Scotland/ZWS Programme 5	0.6	0.6	0.6	1.8
Keep Scotland Beautiful/ZWS Programme 6	0.6	0.6	0.5	1.7
National Industrial Symbiosis Programme/ZWS Programme 7	0	0	0.2	0.2
Eco-Schools	0.2	0.2	Nil	0.4
Other	0.1	NIL	NIL	0.1
Total	15.6	17.5	20.9	54.0

* In 2010-11 that Programmes 1-7 were merged to form a single delivery programme, Zero Waste Scotland. The funding for the separate programmes was rolled into one funding stream.

** Funding of Eco Schools in 2010-11 was transferred to the Education budget.