Aberdeenshire Council is one of nine councils to be awarded funding from the Recycling Improvement Fund. It received £250,000 for in-cab technology to improve waste fleet vehicles. 

The aim is to improve waste collection and disposal, and to prepare councils for future developments such as the (now-delayed) national Deposit Return Scheme.

My understanding is that the technology will allow the Waste Service to transition from a paper-based system to a digital one.

The Scottish Government website says that the “In-cab technological improvement for recycling fleet vehicles … allows authorities to identify the most efficient routes and capture data to improve how they manage their service and communicate with residents.”