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£6 Million For Zero Waste TechnologyUp to £6 million will be available over three years to fund innovative projects to treat organic waste.Funded through the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), the investment will support businesses in the private, public and voluntary sectors seeking to treat organic waste, such as food or garden material. The announcement comes in the same week that the Scottish public were again urged to 'love food' and 'hate waste'. Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead said: "Dealing with waste sustainably is crucial to the future of Scotland and the future of the planet. "While our performance on waste has improved considerably, with notable progress on recycling and reducing the amount of waste going to landfill, there is still much to be done to meet our goal of a zero waste Scotland. "In order for us to achieve this role, we need greater recognition of the significant business opportunities that composting and recycling of materials can present. "Today's grant scheme will support businesses investing in waste treatment by funding up to 30 per cent of the costs of in-vessel composting plants, anaerobic digestion plants or thermophilic aerobic digestion plants. "To hit the ambitious recycling and composting targets that I announced in January, we will need more infrastructure to treat food waste and this grant scheme is part of our work in this area. "The public too, have a role in dealing with food waste and the Scottish Waste Awareness Group has just relaunched their successful 'Love Food Hate Waste' campaign. "At least half of the food we throw away could actually have been eaten, with food making up nearly 20 per cent of the average household bin. "If we stopped wasting all this food, this could save around 1.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions – the equivalent of taking one in four cars off the road. "Clearly, organic waste is one of the issues we will need to tackle if we are to achieve a Zero Waste Scotland."  |
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