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In a single year, over 180,000 tonnes of waste, coming in from outside the country’s borders, was disposed of in Scotland, according to The Scotsman.
Waste that was sent to Scotland included asbestos, chemical waste, contaminated soil, industrial sludge, polluted dredging spoils and scrap metal.
Nearly 70,000 tonnes were sent from England, and was then either composted, dumped in landfill or recycled, according to recent Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) data.
Approximately 35,364 tonnes of the waste were disposed of in Lothian and Borders, another 12,466 tonnes were sent to Fife, Glasgow and the Clyde Valley received 9,121 tonnes, 3,610 tonnes were sent to Tayside and the Fort Valley received 2,435 tonnes of waste.
As much as 94,000 tonnes of waste that was dumped in Scottish landfill was sent from outside the country’s borders, coming mainly from England and Northern Ireland. This amount accounted for approximately one per cent of all rubbish sent to landfill in the country.
Friends of the Earth (FoE) Scotland said that the situation was concerning, adding that waste needed to be dealt with close to its site of origin.
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