Current status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 2 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-24241 by Lorna Slater on 10 January 2024, whether it will provide an updated breakdown of any projects funded through the Recycling Improvement Fund to date showing the (a) expected tonnage increase in recycled material and (b) funding allocated to each project.
The following table provides the full list of projects funded through the Recycling Improvement Fund with a breakdown of the projected tonnage and funding allocated to each project, for which tonnage increase is a direct impact. N/A indicates projects where recycling tonnage impacts are indirect to the project e.g. in-cab technology for drivers.
Local authority | Project ref no | Projected tonnage increase (tonnes per year) | Funding Allocated (£) | ||
Aberdeen City | RIF55 | 500 | 36,450 | ||
Aberdeen City | RIF57 | 27 | 220,000 | ||
Aberdeen City | RIF62 | 1727 | 933,668 | ||
Aberdeen City | RIF89 | 154 | 580,731 | ||
Aberdeenshire | RIF01 | 3310 | 3,848,759 | ||
Aberdeenshire | RIF12 | N/A | 189,086 | ||
Aberdeenshire | SGS008 | 63 | 37,095 | ||
Aberdeenshire | SGS022 | 31 | 82,181 | ||
Angus | RIF84 | 1621 | 2,843,472 | ||
Argyll & Bute | RIF78 | 416 | 891,945 | ||
City of Edinburgh | RIF25 | 9270 | 8,511,465 | ||
City of Edinburgh | SGS003 | 10 | 19,000 | ||
Clackmannanshire | RIF39 | N/A | 29,688 | ||
Clackmannanshire | RIF80 | 931 | 613,578 | ||
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | RIF72(a) | 90 | 846,012 | ||
Dumfries and Galloway | RIF88 | 4300 | 2,331,405 | ||
Dumfries and Galloway | SGS002 | 12 | 70,759 | ||
Dundee City | RIF49 | 2980 | 87,962 | ||
Dundee City | RIF86 | N/A | 693,383 | ||
East Ayrshire | SGS001 | 155 | 139,843 | ||
East Ayrshire | SGS011 | 155 | 149,980 | ||
East Lothian | RIF02 | 2000 | 2,747,531 | ||
Falkirk | SGS005 | 391 | 149,207 | ||
Fife | RIF08 (b) | 50 | 470,000 | ||
Fife | SGS004 | 2733 | 30,675 | ||
Glasgow | RIF77 | 10139 | 21,202,000 | ||
Highland | RIF21 | 473 | 208,500 | ||
Highland | RIF79 | 5992 | 7,124,894 | ||
Highland | SGS015 | 263 | 135,500 | ||
Inverclyde | SGS018 | 426 | 95,572 | ||
Midlothian | RIF29 | 96 | 132,085 | ||
Midlothian | RIF34 | N/A | 34,100 | ||
Midlothian | RIF85 | 1537 | 2,488,227 | ||
Moray | SGS021 | 36 | 129,705 | ||
North Ayrshire | RIF28a | 220 | 83,603 | ||
North Ayrshire | RIF28b | N/A | 9,067 | ||
North Lanarkshire | RIF81 | 340 | 276,840 | ||
Orkney | SGS007 | 4 | 4,876 | ||
Perth & Kinross | RIF75 | 77 | 2,720,775 | ||
Perth & Kinross | SGS016 | 1250 | 27,933 | ||
Renfrewshire | RIF76 | 1845 | 374,370 | ||
Renfrewshire | RIF87 | 3219 | 756,942 | ||
South Ayrshire | RIF38 | 10 | 256,090 | ||
South Ayrshire | RIF82 | 122 | 166,090 | ||
South Lanarkshire | SGS009 | 73 | 150,000 | ||
South Lanarkshire | SGS020 | 258 | 148,889 | ||
Stirling | RIF65 | 568 | 234,035 | ||
West Lothian | RIF26 | 1124 | 4,047,223 | ||
Total | 58,997 | 66,662,798 |