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Recycling grants for community groups announced |
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Tuesday, 11 March 2008 |
A £7.5m fund to support local recycling projects was today made available to community groups.
Speaking at the Community Recycling Network Service annual conference
in Perth, Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs Richard
Lochhead also announced that the new Zero Waste Think Tank will meet
for the first time later this month.
"Dealing with waste sustainably is crucial to the future of Scotland
and the future of the planet. Our performance on waste has improved
considerably with notable progress on recycling and reducing the amount
of waste going to landfill but there is still much to be done to meet
our goal of a zero waste Scotland.
"The voluntary sector, which has come up with some of the most creative
waste solutions to date, will continue to play an invaluable role in
helping us achieve our ambitious targets. That is why the Scottish
Government is making £2.5m a year available over the next three years
to support community recycling projects."
Lochhead said that the Government was now seeking innovative
applications from not-for-profit projects for the funds. "We must push
back the boundaries and conjure up new ways of preventing and reducing
waste.
He also said that he had asked the Zero Waste Think Tank to look at
what legislative steps might be needed to take to achieve a zero waste
Scotland.
More information on the new grant scheme
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