Question reference: S5W-04794
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 17 November 2016
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Current status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 November 2016
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided to local authorities to support kerbside recycling systems in each year since 2011, also broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The Scottish Government provides funding to local authorities to support recycling services through its delivery body Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS).
Local Authorities have received funding from Zero Waste Scotland to support implementation of food waste and kerbside collection services. The following table indicates the level of funding awarded since 2011 to each council in this respect.
|
Local Authority |
ZWS Funding received since 2011 for food waste |
|
Aberdeen |
£1,429,517 |
|
Aberdeenshire |
£1,590,467 |
|
Angus |
£203,367 |
|
Argyll and Bute |
0 |
|
Clackmannanshire |
£347,831 |
|
Dumfries and Galloway |
£1,653,283 |
|
Dundee |
£213,791 |
|
East Ayrshire |
£1,006,675 |
|
East Dunbartonshire |
£806,673 |
|
East Lothian |
£221,840 |
|
East Renfrewshire |
0 |
|
Edinburgh |
£2,477,961 |
|
Falkirk |
£776,280 |
|
Fife |
£556,645 |
|
Glasgow |
£3,243,470 |
|
Highland |
£957,541 |
|
Inverclyde |
£685,000 |
|
Midlothian |
£537,816 |
|
Moray |
0 |
|
North Ayrshire |
£886,370 |
|
North Lanarkshire |
£1,400,000 |
|
Orkney |
0 |
|
Perth and Kinross |
0 |
|
Renfrewshire |
£1,733,383 |
|
Scottish Borders |
£113,583 |
|
Shetland |
0 |
|
South Ayrshire |
£1,031,269 |
|
South Lanarkshire |
£708,649 |
|
Stirling |
£268,000 |
|
West Dunbartonshire |
£370,060 |
|
West Lothian |
£1,084,462 |
|
Western Isles |
0 |
|
TOTAL |
£24,303,933 |
Funding was awarded following applications by Councils to Zero Waste Scotland. The Councils that received no funding, either did not apply or did not meet the necessary criteria.
The Scottish Government is also supporting Councils with implementation of the Household Recycling Charter. 20 Councils have already signed the Charter, and an award of just over £2 million was made to East Ayrshire Council in October 2016.