Due to open in the summertime, Enva says the plant will be the only fridge recycling plant in Scotland. The company acquired the plant in a £10 million deal from Shore Recycling last year (see letsrecycle.com story).
The pollution prevention control regulations apply an “integrated environmental approach to the regulation of certain industrial activities”, SEPA explained.
Operators of installations that fall under the regulations must have a permit in order to operate. SEPA sets permit conditions with the aim of achieving a high level of protection for the environment as a whole.
This means that emissions to air, water (including discharges to sewer) and land, plus a range of other environmental effects, must be considered together.
Enva director, Barry Phillips, said of the project: “Firstly, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank SEPA for all their help and support in this process. This is now Enva’s fourth fully licensed fridge recycling facility providing our customers with genuine resilience and economy of scale.”
He added: “As Scotland’s only fridge recycling plant, it is a critical piece of infrastructure providing much needed domestic recycling capability for local authorities and producer compliance schemes.
“In addition to its obvious environmental and commercial benefits, the facility will provide additional skilled employment for the local community.”
Plant
Enva outlined that it is currently installing degassing, shredding, and recycling technologies at the site which will see over 98% of the fridges’ components, recovered and recycled. In doing so it will play an important role in “supporting the development of a more circular Scottish economy”.
Enva has said that the £10 million Perthshire facility will ensure it attains the “highest possible recycling standards”, including the WEEELABEX standard.
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