Scotland’s deposit return scheme plans to cut litter by as much as 90%
5 years ago
MORE than 30,000 plastic bottles could disappear from Scotland’s streets and green spaces every day under the planned deposit return scheme, a report has revealed. Estimated figures from Zero Waste Scotland show the dramatic scale of potential litter reduction under the scheme, which will see consumers pay a 20p deposit on single-use cans and bottles, with the money being refunded when containers are returned. With the 20p incentive not to throw away empties, Zero Waste Scotland believes there could be a 90 per cent reduction in litter from containers included in the scheme. This would result in almost 31,000 fewer plastic bottles dropped in Scotland each day – more than 11 million in a year.
10 years ago
RONNY Deila admits he was “unbelievably disappointed” after the calamitous and crushing 4-1 defeat by Legia Warsaw in the first-leg of the Champions League third qualifying round encounter at the Pepsi Arena. On a night of high drama in Poland, the visitors took the lead through
Callum Mcgregor in the seventh minute but proceeded to collapse, losing both a brace to the Legia striker Miroslav Radovic before the break and then a player, Efe Ambrose, to a red card a minute shy of the interval, for a last-man challenge on the player Michal Kucharczyk.
25 years ago
POLICE and anti-drugs campaigners yesterday praised a group of young children after they handed over a £12,500 haul of cannabis they found while playing in woodland. The youngsters, who are aged between 11 and 12, spotted the stash of drugs as they played in the wood between New Stevenston and Holytown, Lanarkshire, on Thursday evening. Detectives believe the cannabis, which was stuffed inside a box, had been hidden by dealers in the wood. Strathclyde Police yesterday said that the children’s actions showed the effectiveness of drugs education, and said that they had “set a fine example”.
50 years ago
A NEW division of the British Airports Authority, which is to be known as Scottish Airports, is to take control of Prestwick, Edinburgh, and Aberdeen airports. Subject to negotiations with Glasgow Corporation the new authority will also take charge soon of Glasgow Airport and, eventually, of other Scottish airports. Mr Vivian Camacho, aged 55, has been appointed director-designate, Scottish Airports. A former war pilot, Mr Camacho has been with the authority since its inception in 1966, and early this year took responsibility for all negotiations concerning Scottish airports. The new organisation in Scotland under Mr Camacho will own and manage the airports.
100 years ago
CONSIDERABLE interest was taken in the proceedings of Dumbarton Sheriff
Court held yesterday, when 34 eviction cases at the instance of Sir Robert Mcalpine and Sons were heard. Sheriff-substitute Menzies presided. Objections taken to the serving of the notices were repelled. In one case the proceedings were dropped. Offers on behalf of tenants, ranging from 5s to 15s per week, were refused, and decree pronounced. The decree becomes operative in four weeks. The tenants involved are resident in the Radnor Park district of Clydebank.