What recent steps it has taken to encourage recycling in Fife.

The Scottish Government is supporting local authorities across Scotland to further increase recycling performance. On funding, for example, we are making £5 million available to local authorities over the 2012-13 period to help establish household food waste collections and we also recently announced that a further £1.2 million is now available to support improvements at household waste recycling centres and to increase collections of glass. Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS) also provide funding to help councils roll out recycling services to tenements for recycling on the go, communication and engagement work, service improvements and staff training. Additional, comprehensive non financial support is also available from ZWS.
Regarding direct support to Fife Council, ZWS has provided support to undertake a nappies collection trial and provided technical support to procure the Anaerobic Digestion facility in Dunfermline. Funding has also been provided for new wheeled bins to help extend the council’s plastic recycling system, introduce Recycle for Scotland branding and for the development of a sorting facility to recover additional recyclables from black bag waste.