26 JANUARY 2012Waste Management World
A NEW recycling plant will create 21 jobs and help process 60,000 tonnes more of Cambridgeshire recycling a year.
Edited by : AL CIRCLE
2 min read
AmeyCespa, which bought the recycling plant at Waterbeach from Donarbon for £48.6 million in 2010, will start construction on the new building shortly which will increase the county's green credentials.
The plant, which will create additional jobs, should be operational by December. Although it will not have an effect on the waste management of the city - Cambridge City Council has a contract with recycling company Viridor which lasts until 2015 - the site will help process waste from South Cambridgeshire's blue bins. Amey Cespa has said the initial capacity of 60,000 tonnes could be increased to 100,000 allowing the company to bid for the recycling contracts of other councils as well as taking additional rubbish from local businesses. Sarah Clover, account director for AmeyCespa East, said the new plant will complement the Waterbeach site's current facilities which handle the county's organic waste. "The new facility will increase the amount of material we are able to recycle locally, which has environmental and economic benefits for the local community," she said. The company says the new centre is "state-of-the-art" with magnets for separating steel cans, eddy current separators for aluminium and infrared separators for different types of plastic and paper. It will also include a visitor viewing area so residents can see the internal workings of the plant. The news comes in the wake of Cambridgeshire County Council reaffirming its commitment to a recycling partnership with Peterborough. As a two-tier authority, Cambridgeshire ranks in the top three for recycling and has done so since 2003, with 54 per cent of waste reused or composted. County councillor Matthew Shuter said: "We're in the top three, yes, but we can do better and this partnership which has been going for sometime has really started to take off. "We can get our recycling rate higher and become the top two-tier authority - we're very close to that already."
The plant, which will create additional jobs, should be operational by December. Although it will not have an effect on the waste management of the city - Cambridge City Council has a contract with recycling company Viridor which lasts until 2015 - the site will help process waste from South Cambridgeshire's blue bins. Amey Cespa has said the initial capacity of 60,000 tonnes could be increased to 100,000 allowing the company to bid for the recycling contracts of other councils as well as taking additional rubbish from local businesses. Sarah Clover, account director for AmeyCespa East, said the new plant will complement the Waterbeach site's current facilities which handle the county's organic waste. "The new facility will increase the amount of material we are able to recycle locally, which has environmental and economic benefits for the local community," she said. The company says the new centre is "state-of-the-art" with magnets for separating steel cans, eddy current separators for aluminium and infrared separators for different types of plastic and paper. It will also include a visitor viewing area so residents can see the internal workings of the plant. The news comes in the wake of Cambridgeshire County Council reaffirming its commitment to a recycling partnership with Peterborough. As a two-tier authority, Cambridgeshire ranks in the top three for recycling and has done so since 2003, with 54 per cent of waste reused or composted. County councillor Matthew Shuter said: "We're in the top three, yes, but we can do better and this partnership which has been going for sometime has really started to take off. "We can get our recycling rate higher and become the top two-tier authority - we're very close to that already."
Previous article
Japan secondary al alloy makers try to keep ingot price in January
Next articleChadwick Engineering Ltd joins Aluminum Association.
Grow with
AL Circle
