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Glasgow City Council Sends £13m of Recycling Waste Overseas to Spain

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, AUG 9 – Glasgow sends waste abroad due to lack of local processing and landfill ban, cutting landfill by 120,000 tonnes and CO2 emissions by over 125,000 tonnes since 2018.

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Recycling waste from Glasgow, estimated to be around £13m worth, is travelling thousands of miles to European countries like Spain and Germany.

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Glasgow City Council sends £13m of recycling waste overseas to Spain

Recycling waste from Glasgow, estimated to be around £13m worth, is travelling thousands of miles to European countries like Spain and Germany.

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Glasgow LiveGlasgow Live
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Glasgow spends £13m to send domestic waste to Spain for recycling

Glasgow City Council has spent almost £13m to send the city's rubbish to other parts of the UK and abroad. It comes as council chiefs said that no waste has been sent to landfill since 2023.

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Glasgow domestic waste sent to Spain as part of SNP council recycling drive

EXCLUSIVE: The cost to Glasgow Council of transporting and treating waste in other parts of the UK and overseas comes to nearly £13m.

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Daily Record broke the news in Glasgow, United Kingdom on Saturday, August 9, 2025.
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