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Millions for Aberdeenshire bin changes could be handed over within weeks


Millions for Aberdeenshire bin changes could be handed over within weeks
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Millions of pounds to cover the cost of controversial changes to bin collections in Aberdeenshire could be handed over next month.
Under proposals designed to increase recycling rates with a three-weekly collection cycle, a new third bin would distributed to every household in Aberdeenshire at a cost of around £4.5 million.
Scottish Government’s recycling fund for local councils
The Scottish Government’s five-year £70 million Recycling Improvement Fund has been established to help accelerate progress towards waste and recycling targets, and local councils can apply to receive cash from the pot for initiatives in their regions. ....

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Ferret investigation: Scotland climate concerns as 30,000 tonnes of recycling waste burnt


Over 30,000 tonnes of waste put out every year for recycling in Scotland end up being burnt in incinerators and causing climate pollution, according to an investigation by The Ferret.
More than 12 per cent of waste collected for recycling by 17 councils is sent to energy-from-waste combustion plants. In Edinburgh the figure is 29 per cent, in West Lothian 27 per cent, in Glasgow 16 per cent and in Aberdeen 15 per cent.
Campaigners have attacked councils for “sending valuable resources up in smoke” and “harming recycling”. Experts cautioned that incineration could no longer be regarded as a “low-carbon” industry.
Councils pointed out that a proportion of the waste collected for recycling was contaminated by food, nappies, plastic wrappers and other items that couldn’t be recycled. It was better to convert this into energy than to dump in landfill sites, they argued.  ....

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Single-use carrier bag charge doubles to 10p


April 1, 2021, 12:03 am
Friends of the Earth Scotland says there was a 80% reduction in the number of plastic bags given out during the first year of the charge (PA)
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An increase in the charge for single-use carrier bags has come into force in a move welcomed by a leading environmental group.
The cost has risen from 5p per bag to 10p after the initiative was backed by MSPs earlier this year. ....

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