Sustainability

West Lothian's initiatives have included widespread cutting of energy waste, reduction in landfill and LED street lighting, and figures show C02 emissions have been almost halved since 2013/14.

West Lothian is among the first Scottish councils to benefit from a green fund to boost recycling programmes with cash to provide paper waste green bins for households.

The council will soon have a network of 24 charging points available to the public as they push forward projects to help meet net-zero targets for carbon emissions.

Aldi has announced it will be trialling a new deposit return scheme in one of their West Lothian branches before it is rolled out nationwide.

Industrial giant Mitsubishi has unveiled a multi-million-pound green investment in its West Lothian plant in a move that will create 55 jobs.

A West Lothian business has been named a winner at the Scottish Environment Business Awards for its work in recycling construction, excavation and demolition waste.