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Landfill Communities Fund and Viridor PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 22 October 2007
Forward Scotland administers the application, assessment and distribution of grants on behalf of landfill operator Viridor Waste Management. This scheme offers grants from the Landfill Communities Fund for community projects in the vicinity of its landfill sites ie. East Lothian extending to Edinburgh and Scottish Borders and North and South Lanarkshire.

The government collects a levy called the Landfill Tax on every tonne of waste dumped in licenced landfill sites in the UK. The Landfill Communities Fund (formerly the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme) allows landfill operators to use 6.5% of the tax collected to support the maintenance and development of community assets.

In any given project, 90% of the funding can come from the Landfill Communities Fund but the last 10% must come from another source. The Landfill Communities Fund was established to help mitigate the effects of landfill upon local communities. It encourages partnerships between landfill operators, their local communities and the voluntary and public sectors.  All projects that are funded through the Landfill Tax have to be approved by Entrust and managed by a registered environmental body established in accordance with the guidance contained in the Finance Act 1996. Entrust is the regulatory body established by the commissioners of HM Revenue and Customs to ensure that projects meet the strict criteria established in the landfill tax legislation. The partnership approach taken by Forward Scotland spans the public, private and community sectors. This enables funds to be disbursed to meet existing local priorities, as well as national initiatives to reduce long-term unemployment and promote social inclusion, within the scope of the prescribed purposes of the Landfill Tax legislation. 

Viridor Credits Application Form

Viridor Credits Scotland Guidance Notes

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