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Share out of strategic waste fund
14/05/2004
Environmental projects throughout Scotland are to receive funding from the Executive's Strategic Waste Fund.
Twenty-six community initiatives undertaking work such as recycling of glass, plastic, paper and cans, computer refurbishment, community composting, wood recycling, and educational initiatives are to receive a share of nearly £1.7 million.
Environment Minister Ross Finnie said:
"The Executive recognises the important role of the community sector in helping Scotland become a less wasteful society.
"By using innovative ideas there are many opportunities for items which would otherwise be regarded as waste to have a new lease of life. Many of these initiatives receiving funding will not only benefit the environment but will also provide employment and training opportunities and also provide refurbished goods to socially disadvantaged people.
"This substantial funding is an investment in the future of Scotland's community waste sector."
1. Lochaber Environment Group (LEG) - £21,072
This project aims to promote home and community composting in a rural area, thus contributing to the waste prevention objectives of the National Waste Plan and the Area Waste Plan for the Highlands.
2. BTCV Scotland - £119,279*
To fund a kerbside collection service for 61,000 households in Falkirk; and an educational and promotional programme managed by a Schools Recycling Officer and a Community Recycling Officer.
3. Moray Voluntary Services Organisation - £47,407
This project aims to find a new use for obsolete but serviceable computing equipment, to recycle unusable components in an environmentally sound way and to extract components which would normally be treated as waste. The project also aims to promote awareness and educate local people on issues relating to the environment and to encourage members of the community to be environmentally friendly. The project provides computing equipment at a low cost to disabled/disadvantaged individuals and voluntary/community groups.
4 and 5. Lothian and Edinburgh Environmental Partnership (LEEP) - £212,461*
- East Lothian Project - project relates to raising the profile and depth of understanding of waste minimisation, re-use and recycling.
- Edinburgh Project - project also relates to raising the profile and depth of understanding of waste minimisation, re-use and recycling.
6. Lochpark Challenge - £39,400
This project aims to recycle waste wood removed from the landfill stream. They operate from two sites in Moray: one in central Elgin and a rural site in Forres. The project offers places to 18 adults with learning difficulties. The waste wood comes from the council, public and SMEs.
7. Homebasics (Tweeddale) - £24,000
This project aims to collect and refurbish furniture (thus ensuring it does not end up as waste going to landfill) and other household goods and electrical items. The furniture and other goods are then provided to disadvantaged members of the community.
8. Coach House Trust - £200,000
This project, in the West End of Glasgow, carries out a wide range of work: community composting; waste wood recycling; small-scale vermiculture (use of worms to break down waste); demonstration projects on the uses of recycled materials; and education and awareness of waste issues (closely linked to the Eco-Schools initiative and to the Waste Aware Glasgow campaign). Through its work on waste, the project provides employment and training for people suffering mental health problems or drug and alcohol abuse. It also provides volunteering opportunities for other members of the community.
9. Shetland Amenity Trust - £20,876
This project carries out a variety of waste initiatives in Shetland including waste minimisation and education, recycling in schools, youth clubs and public places and collection and recycling of agricultural plastics.
10,11,12 Greenlight Recycling - £491,398*
- Work in West Dunbartonshire and southern Argyll and Bute which includes kerbside collections for householders, commercial cardboard collections, managing and operating a Civic Amenity site at Dalmoak, office paper collections, green waste composting, glass collections from licensed premises and Civic Amenity sites and education and awareness.
- Work in Inverclyde which includes kerbside collections for householders, commercial cardboard collections, glass collections from licensed premises and Civic Amenity sites, office paper collections and confidential shredding, processing newsprint into animal bedding and education and awareness.
- An on-going pilot project to increase glass recycling tonnages in Argyll and Bute, including raising education and awareness.
13. Dun Beag Community Composting Scheme - £12,000*
This is a small community composting scheme in Tighnabruich, Argyll and Bute. The compost is provided free of charge to local people and to the local primary school.
14. Re-Jig (Recycle Islay and Jura Group) - £33,126*
This project helps Argyll and Bute Council provide kerbside recycling collections in Islay and Jura and also services 20 recycling points in the islands.
15. The GRAB Trust, Argyll and Bute - £51,000*
This project raises public awareness of waste management issues in Argyll and Bute; provides a waste and recycling education resource to schools, community groups and the public; promotes community recycling initiatives in Argyll and Bute; promotes Argyll and Bute Council's own recycling services and promotes litter campaigns.
16 and 17. Campbeltown Waste Watchers - £120,000*
- Plastics recycling in Kintyre, with the aim of recycling around 2 million bottles.
- Kerbside collections of recyclable materials in Kintyre.
18. Four Square Scotland - Edinburgh Furniture Initiative - £26,920.77
This project aims to divert waste from landfill by re-using furniture and white goods and providing such goods to people on low income. It also aims to raise awareness amongst both the public and business of furniture re-use.
19 and 20. LAMH Recycle Limited - £52,015.80*
- Project for can recycling in North Lanarkshire.
- Project for PC recycling and refurbishment also in North Lanarkshire.
LAMH use people with mental health problems to carry out the recycling work.
21. Moray Waste Busters - £23,098
Moray Waste Busters run a composting and vermiculture (worms) project. The key aim of the project is to collect kitchen waste from 350 households in Forres, feed the waste to worms and produce a high quality compost.
22 and 23. Grangemouth Enterprises - £38,200*
- A project in the Falkirk area to recycle IT equipment
- A project in the Falkirk area to recycle white goods
24. Sustainable Technologies Information and Research Network - £36,958
This project uses waste wood to make home composting bins (thus encouraging home composting as well as using waste wood).
25 . The Wise Group - £68,365
Project encourages effective waste management in schools (including providing support for schools participating in Eco-Schools) and in tertiary education.
26. Berwickshire Community Councils' Forum Environmental Group - £20,588
The aim of this project is to employ a fieldworker to provide advice to householders on waste minimisation, partly by tours in an "Envirobus".
* Note. The awards marked with an asterix are maximum awards which will be subject to review if local authorities should be in a position to support the services after receiving a Strategic Waste Fund award.
The awards are being made from the Executive's Strategic Waste Fund: Community Sector (Temporary Support) designed to support existing projects which had previously been supported by the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme.
A further £5 million over two years has also been announced for both new and existing community sector waste projects.