London Remade today announced an investment of close to $7 million to improve glass recycling in London, England.
Through the recently announced program, glass will be collected from London’s boroughs, pubs, clubs, restaurants and offices and reprocessed at an site set-up in Charlton. It is expected that the project will result in the recycling of 40,000 metric tons of glass containers over the next two years.
This contract will improve recycling and develop and build new markets and new technologies, enabling recycled products to be sold back into London. The project will also create training and new jobs. It is good news for investment in infrastructure in London. The recycled glass will be used for a wide range of construction purposes including sharp sand, road surfacing and sandblasting.
A consortium consisting of four companies has won the glass contract led by Day Group investing around $2 million, Single Regeneration Budget funding of slightly more than $1 million, the European Regional Development Fund providing around $315,000, and with contributions amounting to around $2.4 million from waste management firm Cory Environmental, packaging waste compliance scheme Valpak, consultants Enviros and landfill tax.
Valpak and Cory Environmental will work with Day Group to supply glass by road and river to its plant in Charlton.
Adam Day, of Day Group, said, “Day Group is committed to developing new recycling markets, both in terms of collection and end products. We are looking forward to playing our part in the consortium to achieve the very large challenge put to us by London Remade."
Clare Andrews, Senior Development Manager at Cory Environmental, said: “Cory is very pleased to be working with London Remade through the provision of river transport, as well as providing glass requiring reprocessing.”