The plant – one of the UK's oldest MRFs – was hit by a fire earlier this year, which caused major damage (see letsrecycle.com story). It had had a processing capacity of 75,000 tonnes a year until the fire broke out.
Community Waste, which has run the MRF since October 2004, has said reconstruction work is now underway with a target completion date set for close to the busy Christmas period.
Managing director Richard Cutts told letsrecycle.com he was pleased with how the redevelopment is progressing.
“This is, of course, a tall order given the very short timescale. However, a great deal of the design and negotiation work has already taken place so that installation may commence swiftly.”
Throughout the period since the fire, the recycling service provided to Milton Keynes residents and other MRF customers has not been affected – and the landfilling of material has been averted, Community Waste said.
Capacity
Once up and running, the company pledged the plant would “provide a working example of state-of-the-art MRF machinery.
The company said: “With planned 24-hour working, great volumes and ranges of materials will be handled at the site, providing much-needed capacity for the processing of the rapidly increasing tonnages of mixed dry recyclables being generated by many local authorities.”
When the re-build is near completion, Community Waste said further information would be released and a programme of open days would be held so that local authorities and other interested parties can view the facility.
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