Northern Ireland gets recycling plant investment
Monday, December 24, 2012 - 09:52:14
The north west of Northern Ireland will gain an economic and environmental boost next year when construction begins on a brand new recycling centre.
Covering an area of about 150,000 square feet, the plant will cost around 220 million to build and will secure half a billion pounds worth of investment in the area over the next quarter of a century.
There is already funding in place until 2017 and 100 full time jobs will be created, once everything is finalised, on top of the 150 jobs that will arise as a result of the construction.
Spokesperson, Shaun Gallagher, said that the environmental benefits offered by the new plant will be significant, because it will be able to cut the amount of waste that is sent to landfill by about 3,000 tonnes every year.
This is part of the region's goal to meet EU targets and also offer residents a better level of waste management.
As well as being used for recycling waste, the plant will help to extract energy from items which cannot be recycled, so that as much is taken out of the process as possible.
The plant will be one of the largest of its kind in the UK, covering a bigger site than the 130,000 square foot venue near Belfast.
This kind of long term investment is definitely a good thing for UK authorities to be pursuing, since it will ensure that we have the means to deal with our ever increasing recycling needs and also handle waste that cannot be recycled in a more effective and considerate manner.
This is just one of the major recycling projects being undertaken across the country, proving that even in a time of economic hardship, there are benefits to making public investments of this kind.
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