Fife to collect kerbside film after installing sorter - letsrecycle.com

2021-12-23 07:05:50 By : Ms. Lisa Wang

Fife council will collect film at the kerbside from March 2022 after receiving a £470,000 grant from Zero Waste Scotland’s Recycling Improvement Fund to install a sorter.

The money will go towards a Tomra Optical Sorter, which will be installed at the council’s materials recycling facility (MRF) in Dunfermline.

This will segregate the flexible plastics which residents place in their green recycling bins from plastics and cans.

The project will be delivered by the council’s arm’s length external organisation, Cireco, which also carries out waste collections for the council.

Cllr Ross Vettraino, Fife’s convener for environment and protective services, said: “Currently, plastic film is a contaminant, as it cannot be recycled, and must be removed and sent to landfill, thereby incurring additional cost by way of separation, haulage, disposal and landfill tax.”

Cllr Vettraino added: “From March next year, however, plastic film can be deposited in the green bins and will be collected at the kerbside and reprocessed at the Council’s recycling facility in Dunfermline.

“Not only will this be a financial saving and a huge boost to recycling in Fife, it will be another positive step towards a circular economy.”

The council estimates that film makes up around 20% of current recycling waste collected.

By separating the material, Fife added, a higher percentage of other plastic and cans would also be recycled as contamination would be greatly reduced.

The Scottish Government’s Recycling Improvement Fund invites applications from all local authorities in Scotland to submit projects to improve services and treatment infrastructure.

The fund aims to help communities move to a more circular economy, where materials and products are kept in use for as long as possible, and where new economic opportunities and social benefits flourish, as we move away from short-term, wasteful, throwaway approaches.

It also encourages partnership project proposals from local authorities with the private and third sectors.

Fife council serves around 374,000 residents and recorded a 44.5% recycling rate in 2019/20.

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