Pearsons Recycling Ltd, a Norfolk-based waste company, has launched a new waste plant at Wretham near Thetford. The plant is actually a materials recycling facility (MRF) and cost approximately £5 million to complete. At full operating capacity, the MRF will be able to process 75,000 tonnes of waste per annum, with the focus being on business, construction, and agricultural waste. The plant will also be responsible for diverting a large amount of Pearsons’ customer waste from being sent to a landfill.
Part of the reason that the MRF can process such a large amount is due to that fact that over 85% of the collected waste is separated and recycled. With construction companies being the largest producer of waste in the UK, the MRF will surely have plenty of work.
The impressive MRF utilises £1.2m of Carmac Waste Handling Systems equipment including the latest C733 Trommel, LSU C1200 and Flexdeck screen Waste Classifiers, as well as a diverse grouping of feeding and conveyance systems.
In light of this new venture, Pearsons has set an ambitious target: By 2010, the company intends to recycle 100% of the waste it processes. The next move for Pearsons is to invest in yet another facility for the processing of residual waste for conversion into electricity.
Pearsons Recycling Ltd, which operates throughout eastern England, has been in operation since 1945 by the father of Jo Pearson, the company’s current managing director. The business started small, with only Mr. Pearson but then it gradually grew to employee 130 workers and reported earnings of approximately £12 million.
Source: Business Weekly UK
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