Edinburgh residents invited to apply for recycling funding

25 January 2010

EDINBURGH residents and groups are being invited to apply for grants to set up recycling initiatives.

Under the City of Edinburgh council’s Waste Action Grant Programme, up to £2,500 will be issued to schemes concerning waste and recycling in the city.

In a previous round of funding, one beneficiary was the Warm Hearts Quilting Group, which makes bedding from old materials which is then given to hospices and homes for older people.

Companies or organisations have until 8 February 2010 to apply for funding.

The project aims to encourage householders, community groups, schools and youth groups to use the council's recycling services and take part in both new initiatives and projects already being run across the city.

Councillor Robert Aldridge, environment leader at Edinburgh, said: "Edinburgh residents have a key role to play in increasing the recycling rate and reducing the amount of waste going to landfill.

“With the aid of grant funding from this programme, groups will be able to develop their own waste action groups to tackle waste in their own communities."

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