Wincanton, a logistics firm, has started working on its second UK WEEE recycling plant.
The £5 million site’s plans went before council in March, showing that the new facility would have the ability to process up to 100,000 tonnes of electronic and electrical waste per year.
The new facility will be located in Daventry in Northamptonshire. Wincanton’s first UK site which opened in 2006 is located in Billingham, Teeside.
The work at the Daventry site will begin with administrative and warehousing facilities. Building areas for equipment and other sites will take place in October 2008.
Wincanton has projected that it will be able to begin sorting operations in December and be at full capacity early next year. December is a particularly important time for WEEE plants since the holidays see giant increases in sales in electronics.
Wincanton projects that the new plant will complement the Billingham site and also offer support for its other centres that collect WEEE for reuse or recycling purposes. The plants also have equipment in common as Wincanton has chosen German engineering company MeWa.
MeWa managing director for recycling, Euan Jackson, welcomed the opportunity to work on the new facility.
“Since the inception of the WEEE Directive, Wincanton has led the way in offering best-in-class treatment and recycling facilities,” he said.
“There is still much work to do before the obligations of the WEEE Directive are fully integrated into every producer’s operations, but this second site will offer an extended service to help those affected by the legislation to manage their environmental responsibilities,” he added.
For more information, visit: wincanton.co.uk
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