Scottish Materials Brokerage Service is to announce its first waste and recycling contracts including long-term deals for glass recycling.
The contracts with duration ranging from seven to ten years will be issued for recycling of separately collected glass and for mixed glass as well as colour-separated glass.
The Brokerage Service also intends to issue dry mixed recycling and residual waste treatment contracts in the near future, in addition to other single stream recyclables like cans and plastic bottles.
Scottish Government Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead said: "High quality recycling is a key element of delivering our ambitions for a circular economy in Scotland and our unique Brokerage Service is a vital part of achieving that. By working together with councils we can help to develop markets for recycled materials here in Scotland.
"Glass recycling is a natural starting point for this service. It provides Scotland with a great opportunity to create jobs in the circular economy, by supplying recycled glass back into packaging for our iconic Scotch whisky industry, as well as to other innovative Scottish companies."
Scottish Materials Brokerage Service has been established as a partnership between local authorities, the Scottish government and Zero Waste Scotland.
This collaborative service has been established for the sale of secondary glass in Scotland.
Zero Waste Scotland CEO Iain Gulland said: "Glass has properties that make it an ideal focus for high-quality recycling in Scotland, as it can be indefinitely recycled without significant loss of quality, as well as supporting indigenous industries here in Scotland.
"This is an important step forward and the first of a number of contracts through the Brokerage Service that will support Scotland's ambitions for a circular economy."
