Parent company Palm Paper has made a formal announcement about the move which will see its Palm Recycling subsidiary take up residence in offices at its newsprint mill on the outskirts of King’s Lynn. The lease on the Ellesmere Port building expires in 2016.
The chief executive of the German-owned Palm Paper, Dr Wolfgang Palm, said that the move will take place “over the coming months, with a final completion date of February 2016.”
Some staff are expected to leave Palm Recycling rather than relocate to King’s Lynn with a training programme planned for new staff joining the company.
Cheshire
Palm Recycling had been located at Ellesmere Port because of the business’s previous activities. Originally known as Cheshire Recycling, in 2004 it rebranded as Abitibi-Consolidated Recycling Europe to supply the then Abitibi Consolidated newsprint mill at Ellesmere Port. (see letsrecycle.com story )
In February 2010 the Abitibi Consolidated mill went into administration and subsequently closed down with the recycling arm acquired by Palm Paper which was developing the King’s Lynn mill, (see letsrecycle.com story). Since becoming part of the paper company, Palm Recycling, which collects a range of materials, has become the core supplier to the newsprint manufacturing business.
Contract
- Palm Paper has been announced as the winner of a tender for recovered paper from South Cambridgeshire district council and Cambridge city council who have joined their waste services from September 2015. Recovered paper will be collected and tipped at the Waterbeach site. Last year South Cambridgeshire collected around 330 tonnes per month and material from Cambridge will be from the north west part of the council area in stepped increases.
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