Current status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 2 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many fires there have been at waste management and/or recycling facilities in each of the last five years.
Over the past five years, there have been four fires at a battery recycling centre, six at electronic recycling centres, and thirty nine at conventional recycling centres for a total of forty three fires overall.
The following table breaks down these incidents by centre type and year:
Year | Number of Fires |
2020 | 6 |
Recycling Centre | 6 |
2021 | 9 |
Battery Recycling Centre | 2 |
Recycling Centre | 7 |
2022 | 11 |
Electronic Recycling Centre | 1 |
Recycling Centre | 10 |
2023 | 9 |
Electronic Recycling Centre | 2 |
Recycling Centre | 7 |
2024 | 5 |
Battery Recycling Centre | 1 |
Electronic Recycling Centre | 2 |
Recycling Centre | 2 |
2025 | 3 |
Battery Recycling Centre | 1 |
Electronic Recycling Centre | 1 |
Recycling Centre | 1 |
Grand Total | 43 |