UKs First Waste Plastic To Diesel Conversion Facility Given Go Ahead
8 September 2011
Bristol City Council's Development Control (North) committee has approved SITA UK's planning application to build an end-of-life plastics to diesel facility in Avonmouth and to double the capacity of a previously approved recycling facility
Welcoming the decision, Gareth Phillips, Planning Manager at SITA UK, said: "This is a landmark decision which will put Avonmouth at the forefront of the very latest in resource management technology and bring new jobs to the area."
"Our plans to construct a Bristol Resource Recovery Park, that will extract energy and value from waste, and reduce the amount of rubbish that is sent to landfill, are now being advanced and will bring benefits to the environment and the local economy", added Gareth.
A key plank of the Park will be a facility that uses ground breaking technology to convert end-of-life plastic - such as yoghurt pots and meat trays - into diesel fuel.
A gasification facility will also be built to deal with 100,000 tonnes per year of residual waste, and a recycling centre will be able to handle 80,000 tonnes of recyclables, such as cans and plastic bottles.
The end-of-life plastics to diesel facility would produce around 4.2 million litres of specification diesel each year from 6,000 tonnes of end-of-life plastic, while the recycling facility would extract around 72,000 tonnes of recyclate, which would be sent for reprocessing.
SITA UK expect 208 staff to be working at the Bristol Resource Recovery Park, with
83 employees relocating from the Bristol area and 125 brand new jobs, which local people will be encouraged to apply for.
There would also be an external area for 35 vehicles that collect waste from businesses in the Bristol area.
Darrel Moore
