Glasgow City Council recycling improvement fund
Glasgow City Council to receive largest recycling improvement fund to date
Glasgow City Council will receive more than £21 million from the Recycling Improvement Fund in what is the largest award granted via the fund to date.
This latest round of funding will support the introduction of a new kerbside twin-stream service for the separate collection of recyclable materials as well as the construction of a new material recycling facility.
This will give Glasgow residents, in around 120,000 households, separate collections of fibre (paper and cardboard) and containers (metals, plastics, carbons, and film). improving both the quality and quantity of recyclables captured.
Stirling Council has also received an award of £234,000. This will fund improvements at all three of its Household Waste Recycling Centres.
Since the Recycling Improvement Fund opened in March 2021, the total sum awarded is more than £46.6 million.
The fund is administered by Zero Waste Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government.
Ian Gulland, CEO at Zero Waste Scotland, said:
"The Recycling Improvement Fund exists to help councils improve and invest in their recycling and reuse services, helping citizens up and down the country move towards a circular economy, where materials and products are kept in use as long as possible.
"Zero Waste Scotland is happy to support Glasgow City Council in what is a significant and transformative project to increase their operational capacity for recycling as well as to improve the quality of materials collected.
"We look forward to supporting more local authorities through this fund in the future."
