Following a competitive tendering process for London Remade's glass contract, Day Aggregates is leading a consortium of four companies which will see 4,851,000 invested in glass recycling. The other three companies are: waste management firm Cory Environmental, consultants Enviros and packaging waste compliance scheme Valpak.
Hugh Carr-Harris, chief executive of London Remade, said: “It is a powerful group and I am really excited about what the consortium can deliver in assisting London's recycling targets.'
The glass will be collected from London's boroughs as well as pubs, clubs, restaurants and offices in the capital and reprocessed at London Remade's glass eco-industrial site in Charlton. London Remade hopes that this will see 40,000 tonnes of glass diverted into new markets over the next two years. The project will create training and new jobs and the recycled glass will be used for a wide range of construction purposes including sharp sand, roadstone surfacing and shotblasting.
Day Group is investing 1,370,003 in the project and Adam Day said, “Day Group is committed to developing new recycling markets, both in terms of collection and end products. We are looking forward to playing our part in the consortium to achieve the very large challenge put to us by London Remade.”
European funding
The project has also received Single Regeneration Budget funding of 760,913 and the European Regional Development Fund has provided 220,301. Contributions amounting to 1,682,634 have been received from Cory Environmental, Valpak, Enviros as well as the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme.
Valpak and Cory Environmental will work with Day Aggregates to supply glass by road and river to its plant in Charlton. The project will help build new markets and new technologies for recycled glass and the glass will be sold back to organisations in the capital for construction use. The project will also create training and jobs.
Clare Andrews, senior development manager at Cory Environmental, said: “Cory is very pleased to be working with London Remade through the provision of river transport, as well as providing glass requiring reprocessing. Exploiting the potential of the river improves the environmental
efficiencies of the programme by avoiding large numbers of lorry movements through London.”
Mike Jefferson, from Valpak, said: “We're very pleased that our 'recycle-more-glass' glass collection service from licensed premises is helping to support the London Remade glass project.”
London Remade originally chose a consortium of five companies which included glass collector and reprocessor Berryman. But Berryman withdrew from the group last year. A spokesman for Berryman said that it was not in the company's interest to continue.
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