The figures do not reflect a disruption to Scotland’s waste management by the long-term repairs being carried out to the incinerator at Polmadie in Glasgow.
The Glasgow Recycling and Renewable Energy Centre in Glasgow was shut down in April this year, with much of the waste being diverted to other incinerators or landfill.
The centre is operated, along with a facility at Dunbar, by Viridor.
Karen MacCormick from the company says waste incineration is a greener option than landfill because it can also generate electricity.
She added: “When it’s in landfill you’ve got the landfill gasses, you’ve got methane, etc.
“This is a more sustainable way of dealing with the waste, coming through an energy recovery facility, and obviously we can create something at the end of it which is low carbon energy going straight to the grid.”
