CK Group receives grant to expand plastic recycling efforts

CK Group, based in Lincolnshire, U.K., has been awarded a grant from Zero Waste Scotland that will allow the company to increase its plastic recycling efforts in Scotland and increase the company’s recycled plastic capacity at its Melrose, Scotland facility.

The grant was used to install a large-scale plastic shredding machine, which the company purchased from the equipment company Zerma. The shredder was installed and in full production at the end of March.

According to CK Group, the Melrose facility has a range of technologies and processing machinery, and the new shredder will provide the ability to process larger-sized plastics such as wheeled bins and wider diameters of plastic piping. It also incorporates metal detection and de-dusting equipment.

Adam Strafford, CK Group’s northern regional manager, says, “Our expansion in Scotland is focused towards encouraging waste management and plastic recycling companies, plastics manufacturers and other industries that produce of end-of-life plastic, redundant stock plastics and plastics produced during manufacturing processes to consider recycling. Now that we have larger machinery in place we can expand further and accept a wider range of plastics for recycling.”

Zero Waste Scotland is funded by the Scottish Government to support the delivery of its zero waste plan and other low carbon and resource efficiency priorities.