Tayside Area Waste Plan

Funding of the necessary investment for new waste management infrastructure and operations may be obtained in a number of different ways, including private finance, through a public-private partnership (PPP) or PFI arrangement (refer to Annex 3), or traditional direct funding by the local authority. The Scottish Executive has established the Strategic Waste Fund (SWF) to allow specific grants to be paid to local authorities to assist with additional costs to meet the requirements of the AWP (refer to SWF Guidance available from the Scottish Executive, contact details in Annex 5). Additional funding may also be available in some cases from other sources, e.g. landfill tax credits, New Opportunities Fund ‘Transforming Waste Scotland’, EU structural funds and the sale of packaging waste recovery notes (PRNs).