A 5 million recycling centre has been opened by Coleman & Co Ltd in Great Barr, Birmingham, which will ultimately recycle up to 120,000 tonnes of construction and demolition waste each year.
” Construction, demolition and excavation waste amounts to almost 100 million tonnes per year in the UK and represents a valuable sustainable resource “
– Vic Cocker, WRAP
And, a facility has been set up in Denny, Stirlingshire, by Eagle Recycling (UK) Ltd that will recycle up to 92,000 tonnes of material each year.
High quality
Coleman & Co was awarded 390,741 in funding from WRAP for its facility, allowing it to install segregation, processing and washing equipment to produce high quality recycled aggregates.
The plant will handle waste material generated from the company’s own core activities of demolition, land reclamation and bulk excavation, as well as waste materials from external contracts and third parties.
The centre should reach full capacity by Spring 2006, by which time Coleman & Co estimates that it will be processing over 2,000 tonnes of waste material per week.
New jobs
Eagle Recycling has gained 419,475 from WRAP to fund crushing and washing machinery at its facility, which will produce about 56,000 tonnes of recycled aggregates in the first year of operation from construction, demolition and excavation waste. Production will rise to over 92,000 tonnes each year after that. The company also expects the project to result in at least 10 new jobs.
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WRAP chairman Vic Cocker said: “Construction, demolition and excavation waste amounts to almost 100 million tonnes per year in the UK and represents a valuable sustainable resource. One of WRAP’s key objectives is to develop the UK’s recycling infrastructure.”
“The funding from WRAP has supported the construction of a first class recycling facility that will process material previously destined for landfill into valuable usable products,” said David Coleman, managing director of Coleman & Co Ltd. “It has allowed us to take a sustainable approach to our own material use, as well as providing a recycling service to construction industry customers.”
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