William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd will be benefiting from a 51,000 grant through WRAP's Organics Capital Support Programme, to boost the amount of composted waste in blended growing media products.
The first project is based at the company's Firth Road site in Lincoln, where two new in-feed conveyors, as well as new product bunkers, will be installed into the existing blending facility to provide a dedicated green compost blending line.
The new line will have the capacity to blend 13,700 tonnes of composted material each year into existing products. The total project cost is approximately 88,000, with 26,000 coming from the WRAP funding.
The second project is based at William Sinclair's Bolton Fell plant at Hethersgill, near Carlisle. It involves the extension of an existing peat storage building and the installation of a bulk storage bay, providing covered storage for green composted materials.
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The company has said that since the area suffers from high rainfall, the storage facilities will keep the compost dry and clean. Storage will be provided for approximately 9,000 tonnes of composted material each year. The project costs 82,000 and WRAP is providing 24,600 of this funding.
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Over the next five years it is estimated that the two schemes will boost the use of compost in blended growing media products by William Sinclair 20%, around 92,000 tonnes over the next five years.
Paul Davenport, Sinclair's group operational director, said: “We have pioneered peat-free and peat-reduced composts, and we are keen to build on the start we've made. The WRAP funding will mean we can incorporate more composted green material into our range of professional and retail growing media, and will give us the facility to blend different mixes to meet customers' requirements.”
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