Capital support will be provided for up to 30% of total project costs in order to bring in private sector match funding, with new capacity expected to be operational by December 2006.
”We need to improve glass processing capacity so that end users have confidence in a reliable supply.“
– Andy Dawe, WRAP
The grant aid will go towards the reprocessing of fine glass into grits, sands and powders to help push forward market demand for recycled glass products including sports turf, clay products and filtration media.
The reprocessing of glass into these kind of products is particularly important because there is low demand for green glass from the UK container manufacturing industry.
Government-funded market development organisation WRAP insisted that these alternate markets for recycled glass are “continuing to grow” and hopes the capital support competition will help towards its target to boost glass recycling capacity by an additional 150,000 tonnes.
Confidence
Andy Dawe, WRAP’s material development manager for glass, said: “Market demand for recycled fine glass products is growing, but we need to improve glass processing capacity so that end users have confidence in a reliable supply.
“This competition will help us to ensure that these important higher value fine glass markets are able to fully complement more established existing ones as well as help us achieve our glass recycling targets,” Mr Dawe said.
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Proposals for the grant aid will need to demonstrate both a sustainable source of material and end markets, WRAP said. Tenders must also demonstrate that the viability of the proposed investment is dependent on WRAP funding support.
The closing date for tender submissions is September 30, 2005 with full tender invitation documents available at the WRAP website.
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