Not clear where the money was allocated from. No mention of it on the SCGB 'Respect the Mountain'/environmental fund page ...
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I assume the £5000 came out of SCGB general funds, since this appears to be non-charitable (in terms of any tax advantage) to a non-charity destination, but it would be interesting to have clarification of that. The SCGB environmental fund was established (10 years ago) essentially to fund environmental projects overseen by charitable/academic/non-profit bodies etc. - The Woodland Trust was a principal benefactor from the outset, in line with declared SCGB policy of funding "long-term tree-planting".
N.B. Obviously, like most skiers of Scottish mountains, I'm very much in favour of junk being cleared off the hill! [and was on the SCGB Environmental Working Group for its first 3 years]
Edited 1 times. Last edit at 14.40hrs Wed 5 Nov 14 by David Goldsmith.