The £17 million Wrexham Recycling Park development, on the Wrexham Industrial Estate, has been built by WRG under a 25-year contract with the North Wales council which was signed in May 2007 (see letsrecycle.com story).
Meanwhile, the IVC facility is being used to turn green, kitchen and cardboard waste collected at the kerbside into up to 1,000 tonnes of PAS 100-accredited compost a year.
Ms Davidson claimed the site's opening unveiling marked a “significant step forward” in how Wrexham collected and treated its waste and highlighted that the development of sites like the new facility would have a big part to play in Wales meeting it's ambitious recycling targets (see letsrecycle.com story).
She added: “Wrexham is already making great progress, with the latest figures showing the council recycled almost 43% of its waste in the first quarter of 2009, just above the 41% average for Welsh local authorities. I want to see this plant build upon this achievement”.
Recycling centres
As well as the Bryn Lane development, WRG has also completed major refurbishments of the household recycling centres at Plas Madoc and Brymbo (see letsrecycle.com story).
And the company's chief executive, Jim Meredith, hailed the completion of the facility, stating he was “delighted” WRG had successfully delivered the PFI project.
“It is an important milestone for Wrexham council and the Welsh people in their efforts to seriously improve the management of their waste and resources over the next 25 years, and WRG is very proud to be associated with this successful enterprise,” he added.
The leader of Wrexham council, councillor Aled Roberts, also welcomed the opening of the facility, and, in particular, praised the hard work of council workers and members in helping to get the project up-and-running.
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