WRAP completes £2.3 million of funding for aggregates recyclers
WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has funded £2.3 million of support for recycled aggregates processors in the latest round of its capital support competition, helping the successful projects to increase their recycling processing capacity by an additional 751,000 tonnes a year and diverting a significant amount of construction waste away from landfill.
This latest round of support brings the total funding provided through WRAP’s aggregates programme to £9.3 million, which has allowed the successful applicants to increase their annual processing capacity by 3.6 million tonnes.
Mike Falconer Hall, WRAP’s aggregates capital project manager, explained: ‘This capital competition supported the development of efficient aggregates processing infrastructure. The projects were selected because they met or exceeded the competition’s specific evaluation criteria and demonstrated that they would increase recovery rates and divert material from landfill. We are already seeing the impact the funding has made to these companies and we now look forward to seeing similar levels of success in future projects.’
Dave Anderson, land and development manager at Eppleton Quarry Products Ltd, recipients of £101,000 in the latest round of funding, said: ‘WRAP’s capital support has made a big difference to our aggregate processing capacity and quality. By increasing the volume of aggregate that we can recycle, we are able to fulfil the increasing demand for aggregates and help divert thousands of tonnes of waste from landfill.’
To find out more about the advice and resources available free from WRAP, call WRAP’s construction team on tel: (0808) 100 2040.
