Lothian, UK - £250,000 was awarded to six reuse projects to fund up to 50 per cent of the start-up costs for social enterprise community reuse.
Ian Gulland, director, Zero Waste Scotland, which administers the scheme on behalf of the Scottish Government, said, "These exciting projects happening across Scotland demonstrate the commitment and enthusiasm for the provision of accessible reuse facilities for lots of materials."
He added: "It's important that recycling services support the reuse of a wide variety of household goods. These exciting projects happening across Scotland demonstrate the commitment and enthusiasm for the provision of accessible reuse facilities for lots of materials. Reusing items should be the norm."
The full list of projects and grants are:
Kibbleworks, Paisley £33,600
Social Enterprise Clydebank £57,000
ReUseIt CIC, Barrhead £40,000
Cunninghame Housing Association, Ardrossan £85,000
Fresh Start, Edinburgh £15,000
The Bike Station, Perth £25,000
The projects must be operational by March 31 2011.
Scottish environment minister Richard Lochhead said community projects had a vital role to play in making reuse a habit. "They can join up the infrastructure needed to collect and restore items with customers who want to need low cost alternatives - often people on low incomes or resettling out of homelessness. These Increase Reuse grants will help ensure there are reuse services right across Scotland where people need them," he added.
