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Perth and Kinross Council fined £100k over recycle waste 'contamination'

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Perth and Kinross Council has been hit with over £100,000 in fines in a year for recycled waste that has been “contaminated.” And the SNP group has calculated PKC has been slapped with a further £1 million of landfill tax over the past three years for not meeting its recycling target.

The local authority - which in 2019 committed to leading by example in tackling climate change - recycled less than half of its waste in 2020/2021.

An update on council services was provided to PKC ’s environment and infrastructure committee meeting on Wednesday, October 27.

Depute director of communities Clare Mailer told the committee the level of contamination in household recycling had increased above the 20 per cent threshold.Residents’ blue bins have

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