WSR Recycling Doubles Capacity With 4m Investment
22 August 2011
WSR Recycling Limited has announced plans for an extensive £4m expansion programme that will more than double the processing capacity at its North West waste recovery site, generate jobs and a classroom for school visits
Based in Widnes, Cheshire, WSR Recycling has strategically focused operations on the waste processing side of the business. Significantly bolstering its existing facilities, the investment programme will introduce an additional 100,000 tonne waste recovery plant to create a dual-waste facility.
Managing non-hazardous and dry waste streams, the expanded site will increase WSR's total processing capacity to over 200,000 tonnes per year.
Once operational the new plant will enable WSR to enhance its current service provision throughout Cheshire, Lancashire, Manchester, Merseyside and North Wales.
Phase one of the planning process is already complete, enabling WSR to operate on a 24/7 basis.
Mark Trousdale, Managing Director, WSR Recycling, comments: "The three main objectives driving the investment are time, quality and innovation. We want to deliver cost effective and efficient waste processing services that set a new standard both in terms of technique and the recovery rates that can be achieved."
WSR is aiming to build a dedicated C&I (Commercial & Industrial) plant that will give over a 90 percent recovery rate of commercial, domestic or co-mingled waste streams.
"We work with a wide ranging customer base, spanning Local Authorities and construction companies through to trade round partners," Mark continued. "By developing a facility that is highly flexible, we will always be able to deliver a competitive, effective and efficient service, whatever the waste stream."
Expansion
The first phase in the investment programme is the expansion of the land take, which will increase the existing site by an additional three and a half acres. As part of programme planning, WSR is proposing the integration of a rail link with an existing line, which will ultimately help maximise logistical flexibility and reduce carbon footprint.
Alongside investment in the new plant, WSR will also upgrade existing assets with the purchase of Leibherr and Doppstadt material handlers.
WSR has detailed that the new plant will incorporate a dedicated classroom and viewing area. Mark concludes: "Behaviour change is a major part of improving recovery rates - and that starts in education. Having hosted school visits at the existing site in the past, we wanted the new site to facilitate a more formal programme of school partnerships so that we can continue to contribute to the wider social agenda of sustainability."
Darrel Moore
