HUNDREDS OF NEW recycling bins are being installed in busy public places across Scotland as the country marks the start of Recycle Week.
Popular locations where people can now recycle include Edinburghs recently-refurbished Royal Commonwealth Pool, Glasgows Kelvingrove Park, and Camperdown Country Park in Dundee.
The new facilities have been funded by Zero Waste Scotland, as part of a £250,000 drive to make it easier for people to recycle when they are on the go. In total, over 40 locations including town centres, public parks, transport hubs and popular visitor attractions have installed new recycling bins thanks to the funding. The bins may recycle a range of materials including newspapers, plastic bottles, and aluminium drinks cans.
The 18th June marked the start of Recycle Week, a nationwide drive to encourage people to recycle more, which this year is focusing on recycling plastic bottles.
Zero Waste Scotland and the Scottish Government are urging people to use the new recycling bins when they are out and about during Recycle Week.
Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Richard Lochhead said:
Making recycling easy, whether youre at home or out and about, is vital if Scotland is to achieve its zero waste ambitions. This funding supports local authorities, businesses, and the third sector to provide new recycling bins, however its down to everyone to use them.
Iain Gulland, Director of Zero Waste Scotland, said the new facilities will make it easy to recycle in some of the countrys busiest and most popular public areas.
Many of the items that end up in litter bins, such as newspapers and drinks bottles, can be easily recycled. Not only is this better for the environment, theres real value left in the goods we throw away. High quality plastic bottles can be sold at over £190 per tonne, so throwing them away to landfill is a lost business opportunity.
