Published on:
14
November 2005
Strathcarron Hospice is set to benefit from Clackmannanshire's hugely successful Kerbside Recycling Scheme.
The scheme, which has helped the Council to achieve the top recycling rate in Scotland, was promoted on the basis that £1 per tonne of material recycled would go to charity.
A year after the new recycling service was launched, a cheque for £700 will be handed over to Strathcarron Hospice by Councillor Eddie Carrick, convener of the Regulatory Committee.
You are invited to send a photographer to Greenfield House, Alloa, at 1pm on Thursday 17th November when the cheque presentation will take place. Bob Blewitt, Strathcarron's Fund Raising Manager will accept the cheque on behalf of the hospice.
Councillor Carrick said: "I am delighted to hand this cheque over to Strathcarron Hospice. I was thrilled when the Wee County topped the Scottish recycling league table because so many householders have taken part in the scheme.
"This is the first recycling payment we have made to a local charity, but I hope as even more local people take the reduce, reuse and recycle message to heart we will be able to raise even more money for local good causes."
Mr Blewitt added: "We are grateful to all the people in Clackmannanshire who have contributed towards this donation by recognising the benefits of recycling, both to the environment and to local charities."
Last year in Clackmannanshire a record 13,240 tonnes of waste was recycled, a huge increase of 11,000 tonnes on the 2003/04 figures. The amount of waste sent to landfill dropped from 35,500 tonnes to 21,000 tonnes.
Recycled waste comes in the form of glass, cans, textiles, paper, cardboard, green waste, metal, wood and a host of other materials from the blue boxes, brown bins, from the Forthbank Recycling Centre and from the recycling points throughout the county.
The scheme is run in partnership with Alloa Community Enterprises which also runs a project in local schools and with charities encouraging them to recycle 'Cans for Cash.'
Mr Blewitt also paid tribute to the "small army of volunteers" in Dollar who have recycled paper in aid of the hospice for a number of years, raising thousands of pounds in the process.