‘Green-thinking’ firms targeted by waste fund

Manufacturing businesses with innovative green ideas are being urged to tap into £1 million of funding currently available from Zero Waste Scotland.

Scotland is said to be at the cutting edge of developing a more “circular economy” – designing products and services to keep materials in use for as long as possible – and the aim is to harness the innovation of its manufacturers to realise “huge econom- ic and environmental benefits”. Manufacturing is a key target sector for Zero Waste Scotland’s Circular Economy Investment Fund.

Grant funding of up to £1m has been made available to small and medium-sized enterprises from the fund.

Bryan Buchan of Scottish Engineering said: “The advent of circular business models presents exciting opportunities for Scottish manufacturers. The engineering sector has the expertise to really lead in this area and should be able to take advantage of this.”