Blythswood Lose £75,000 Grant Funding From Highland Council For Waste Management
14th February 2019
The main activities that the social enterprise groups currently carry out directly for Highland Council waste management are the servicing of re-use containers on our household waste recycling centres (HWRCs). These currently divert around 150 tonnes from 11 HWRCs.https://www.highland.gov.uk/meetings/meeting/4084/highland_council
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