Waste Aware Edinburgh

About Waste Aware Edinburgh

Waste Aware Edinburgh aims to change public attitudes and behaviour towards waste. The campaign has been developed following an award of £83.3 million from the Scottish Executive’s Strategic Waste Fund.

The recycling rate for household waste in Edinburgh currently stands at 16.1%. More than 25,000 tonnes of waste was recycled or composted during 2003/04. However, the amount of waste produced in Edinburgh will keep rising due to the growth of the city and the increase in smaller households.

To reduce the amount of waste going to landfill, householders need to reduce, reuse and recycle more waste. The Strategic Waste Fund means the Council will be able to offer additional services including:

• Kerbside collections of materials such as glass and cans to most households who receive the paper collections
• Expansion of the kerbside Garden Waste scheme from 15,000 to 100,000 households
• Re-development of the three Civic Amenity Sites into Community Recycling Centres and the establishment of three new Community Recycling Centres
• Development of an additional 240 recycling points including multi material on-street points
• Recycling of bulky items such as washing machines from special uplifts
• Initiatives to make recycling easier for those living in flats.
• Support of composting schemes such as Master Composter and the WRAP compost-bin initiative

With the help of Edinburgh residents, these initiatives should see the recycling and composting rate rise to meet the national target of 25% by 2006.

Interested in more information?

To find out about recycling facilities in your local area, visit www.leep.org.uk

Waste Aware Edinburgh is tied into the national Waste Aware Scotland campaign, aiming to change public attitudes to domestic waste.
For more information on Edinburgh and Scottish waste campaigns, visit www.wascot.org.uk

For further information on the Waste Aware Edinburgh Campaign contact The City of Edinburgh Council on 0131 529 3030 or email env.con.svs@edinburgh.gov.uk

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