SCA Recycling has officially opened a new materials recycling facility in Southampton. The £15 million plant is SCA’s first foray into recycling a variety of materials. The company originally specialized in paper.
The new facility was opened by Roger Black the former Olympic silver medalist runner who said that the plant would offer better recycling opportunities to the south of England. He went on to say that as well as setting new standards in recycling SCA would provide much needed jobs where they were needed.
The new plant has incorporated infra-red sorting technology which can tell the difference between many different materials including different types of plastics. It is hoped that the facility will be able to sort through 200,000 tones of waste every year and recycle materials such as metal, paper, plastic and glass.
The SCA building is designed to run twenty-four hours a day seven days a week. It is currently processing waste from London and Surrey and is tendering for contracts. Ken Stevens, managing director for SCA Recycling said that he was excited about branching out into multiple materials recycling and that he looked forward to working with new clients as well as existing ones.
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