WRAP will launch two capital grants aimed at pushing up use of recycled and secondary aggregates by 2 million tonnes by 2004. The first fund will cover construction and demolition waste, while the second will be directed towards the reprocessing infrastructure for other materials.
John Barritt, WRAP's head of aggregates, said: “Extensive consultation has highlighted that capital funding is needed to underpin the necessary step change in recycling levels if WRAP is to achieve its 2 million tonne target increase by 2004.”
The funding comes from WRAP's Aggregates Programme, which aims to improve England's infrastructure for reprocessing construction, demolition and other waste for secondary aggregates.
Companies must compete for the funding in their applications. Several projects from each competition will be supported and support for each project will not exceed 30% of the eligible costs, WRAP said in a statement.
Less than a third of England's 70 million tonnes of construction and demolition waste is recycled into aggregates each year and recovery is complicated by high contamination and low landfill costs, so proposals should look at effective segregation systems and projects consistently supplying good quality waste, WRAP said.
Facilities which win grants will be expected to become operation in 2003 and reach full capacity by 2004, it added.
The Aggregates Programme uses the Aggregates levy Sustainability Fund to reduce demand for primary aggregates and encourage re-use of aggregates in England. Announced in April, it is jointly managed by WRAP and Construction Innovation and Research Management.
The news of the aggregates grants came just days after WRAP announced another competition, for funds to boost glass recycling (see letsrecycle.com story).
For the pre-qualification documents, go to http://www.wrap.org.uk/tender_search.asp
or write to: WRAP, The Old Academy, 21 Horse Fair, Banbury, Oxon OX16 0AH
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