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Sat 11 Nov 2002Recycling grants to councils cut by €5mRecycling grants to local authorities have become the latest victim of cutbacks, with the allocation for this year cut to €15 million from an expected €20 million or more under the National Development Plan.An official source conceded the allocation had been reduced in the current round of Government spending cuts, but said the Minister for the Environment, Mr Cullen, had managed to protect as much of the money as he could under the circumstances.