Recycling Improvement Fund - Funded Projects
To date, a total of £46,6m has been awarded for 22 projects from 17 local authorities across Scotland.
The funded projects are expected to divert approximately 37,000 tonnes of material per annum for recycling or reuse, resulting in carbon savings in the region of 39,000 tonnes CO2e per annum.
A list is provided below of all grants awarded under the Recycling Improvement Fund to date:
Millions to Boost Recycling
| Local Authority | Project | Funding awarded |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | Redesign of collection service, purchase of collection containers, including bins and bottle banks, and purchase of electric refuse collection vehicle. | £846,012 |
| Edinburgh | Redesign of waste and recycling service to approximately 130,000 households through installing on-street recycling close to residents’ dwellings. | £7,708,200 |
| West Lothian | Service change to charter aligned twin-stream service, improvements to communal collection points, introduction of road end collections, and the purchase of Transformative Data Gathering chips | £4,047,223 |
| Aberdeen City | Radio Frequency ID tags for communal bins | £220,000 |
| Aberdeen City | Expansion of reuse service at Hazlehead Recycling Centre | £36,450 |
| Aberdeen City | Improvement works at Sclattie waste transfer station to increase recycling and reuse | £681,065.00 |
| Aberdeenshire | In-cab technology and route optimisation software for full fleet. | £250,000 |
| North Ayrshire | In-cab technology to target contamination and improve route efficiency | £6,856 |
| Midlothian | In cab technology to monitor collections and target contamination. | £34,100 |
| Dundee | In-cab technology to target contamination and improve route efficiency | £87,962 |
| Clackmannanshire | In-cab technology to target contamination and improve route efficiency | £29,688 |
| Aberdeenshire | Service change to 3-Weekly Cycle to align with Scotland’s Charter for Household Recycling | £3,439,328 |
| East Lothian | Service change to Household Charter aligned weekly recycling service. | £2,747,531 |
| Fife | Plastic film recycling through installing a new optical sorter within a Material Recovery Facility. | £470,000 |
| Glasgow | Twin stream kerbside recycling and construction of a new Material Recycling Facility. | £21,202,000 |
| Perth & Kinross | Expansion of recycling service to Perth City Centre and introduction of twin-steam recycling collection service to kerbside properties. | £2,644,075 |
| Highland | Expansion of garden waste collection service | £208,500 |
| Midlothian | Extension of Food Waste Collection | £132,085 |
| North Ayrshire | Household Waste Recycling Centre improvements, including infrastructure to support reuse of furniture and mattresses | £74,535 |
| Stirling | Upgrade their household waste recycling centres and expand the reuse of items in partnership with Transition Stirling and NHS Forth Valley. | £234,035 |
| South Ayrshire | Purchase of on-the-go recycling bins | £90,000 |
| Renfrewshire | Household Waste Recycling Centre improvements to maximise recycling and reuse opportunities. | £346,107 |