Last month Mid UK Recycling, based near Grantham, was told to cease composting operations by the Environment Agency, following complaints from local residents concerning odours emanating from the site at Caythorpe. (see letsrecycle.com story)
” We are now starting again from scratch and will use this experience as a constructive and positive one now that we can get on with things.“
– Chris Mountain, MD, Mid UK
This left North Kesteven council, thought to be the only UK council collecting commingled glass and green waste, having to send their green waste to landfill because there was no other facility in the UK capable of dealing with the material. (see letsrecycle.com story)
But following several improvements at the site and further inspection by the Environment Agency, Mid UK began accepting green waste again on Monday (August 22).
Chris Mountain, the company's managing director, told letsrecycle.com: “The Agency was very happy with the new system and it will be closely monitored over the next few months.
“It is important for us to be up and running so that we can show the Agency and the near by householders that the site can operate without odour. We are now starting again from scratch and will use this experience as a constructive and positive one now that we can get on with things,” he added.
Improvement measures
Mid UK's composting facility is the only one in the country which accepts green waste and glass together, meaning that some of the waste diverted from the site was unable to be taken elsewhere.
Mr Mountain said that most of the waste that it had to turn away because of the Environment Agency order was sent to other composting facilities, but there was a small amount which ended up in landfill.
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