Environcom moved into the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) market with the opening of its new 2 million reprocessing facility in Grantham last June.
But in a bid to attract more business when new recycling laws on WEEE come into force from 2006, the company has now announced it is to set up a WEEE de-manufacturing facility in the North East of England later this year.
According to Environcom, the plant will have the capacity to recycle around 200,000 tonnes of WEEE a year, with cathode ray tube (CRT) recycling equipment installed as well as WEEE recycling machinery.
The plant will see all non-CRT WEEE dismantled and all hazardous components removed. The rest of the materials will be put through shredding machinery, which has the capacity to deal with around 18 tonnes per hour.
Environcom said that it will be announcing the exact location of the new site in the “near future”.
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Joseph Quigley, chief executive of Environcom, said: “Environcom will be ready for WEEE well ahead of implementation, our investment of 4 million in processing technology along with our blue chip ethos clearly demonstrates that we are committed to being a leading UK WEEE de-manufacturer.
Environcom invested 2 million its Grantham plant, which uses Danish technology and includes Lindermann shredders that break down WEEE into plastics, metals and foam.
As well as recycling fridges, the plant can reprocess up to 400,000 CRT units each year and can process up to 200,000 tonnes of WEEE each year. The company said it will be applying to be one of the first WEEE approved treatment facilities when the government are ready to receive the application later this year.
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