Projects

Reach Out and ReBoot Plastics and Waste Project

Moray Reach Out (MRO) were awarded funding to work in collaboration with fellow social enterprise ReBOOT to share information, expertise and knowledge to develop their recycling and training enterprises.

Working at MRO’s Buckie and ReBOOT’s Forres locations, the project involved conducting a practical feasibility study to establish a greater understanding about plastics in Moray and ways to process and use the plastic waste they receive from their customers. Moray LEADER funding supported the employment of a Development Worker to deliver the project.

Through actively producing on a small scale, locating buyers and testing the market with a view to developing larger scale operations in the North of Scotland, the project created 30 new training placements and additional training for existing placements.

The project’s ultimate aim was to reduce carbon impacts by processing and producing saleable products within Moray rather than passing on plastic as waste.