Recycling plant bid

COUNCIL bosses revealed they would take an ailing Glasgow recycling plant into public ownership.

The city announced it would buy a facility opened in 2010 by waste giant Shanks in Blochairn for £4.6million.

Officials hoped the investment would help to boost its traditionally low levels of recycling and cut how much rubbish it dumps in landfill.

Shanks opened its state-of-the-art materials reclamation facility near Blochairn Markets as it invested heavily in recycling.

Council officials said they have a sound business case for keeping the facility – not least because they planned to build their own.