In March of this year the Agency handed Rugby Cement – now part of the Cemex Group – an Enforcement Notice informing it that too much dust was being passed through its chimney (see letsrecycle.com story).
” Cemex has responded positively to our concerns and the performance of the plant has improved significantly “
– Paul Quinn, Environment Agency
The company was ordered to stop using tyres at its plant and requested by the Environment Agency to put together an Environmental Improvement Plan in order to ensure that the incident was not repeated.
Satisfactory
The Environment Agency has now said that Cemex UK Cement has met all requirements asked of it and the company's Environmental Plan is satisfactory.
Commenting on the restart, Agency area environmental manager – Paul Quinn – said: “Having stopped the trial use of chipped tyres as a partial substitute fuel in July 2004, we insisted the company carry out improvements to its operations. Cemex has responded positively to our concerns and the performance of the plant has improved significantly. We are now satisfied that the trial can restart.”
The Agency originally awarded Rugby cement a permit under the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations in September 2003. The permit allowed the use of up to 10 tonne an hour of chipped tyres as a partial substitute fuel subject to a trial meeting stringent success criteria.
The trial began in May 2004 but was halted again on July 1 when the Environment Agency served the company with the Enforcement Notice.
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