United Kingdom | Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)processor Environcom has unveiled the 'UK’s largest' facility able to process and recycle hundreds of different household appliances an hour.
The company has opened the facility in Grantham, where four separate plants will be able to process and recycle over 100,000 tonnes per annum, or just under 10% of the total household WEEE waste collected in the country.
According to EnvironCom, the four plants will be able to collectively process and recycle more than 100 fridges, 100 TVs and 180 large domestic appliances every hour.
'Our Grantham facility is state-of-the art,' said EnvironCom ceo Joe Quigley. 'We’ve invested £10 million in the most advanced technology and equipment to take into account current and future requirements.'
Over 1.2 million tonnes of electrical and electronic waste is produced by UK households every year and is increasing by five per cent each year, making it the fastest growing waste stream in the UK.
'Our Grantham plant alone has the potential to tackle a significant portion of this growing problem,' said Quigley.
The CEO adds it aims to tackle the problem even more by expanding its operations across the UK and in Europe and by partnering up with retailers and producers to take their electrical and electronic equipment waste.
EnvironCom, whose services are used by businesses, local authorities and waste management companies, signed its largest contract recently with electrical goods retail group DSG International.
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