Trading Standards officers in Falkirk who are leading an innovative recycling scheme have been praised in the Scottish Parliament.
The Falkirk Council officers collect tonnes of fake and illegal items seized by trading standards officers across Scotland and arrange to have them recycled rather than destroyed.
Conservative MSP Maurice Golden raised the initiative in the Scottish Parliament, asking what plans the Scottish Government has to make sure that all seized goods are recycled rather than incinerated or sent to landfill.