WRAP Grants Boost Aggregates Recycling In The UK

Aggregates recycling capacity in the UK has increased by more than three million metric tons per year, thanks to funding from the Waste & Resources Action Programme.

In the 2004-06 funding period, WRAP’s Aggregate Programme provided a further £4.9 million (US$9 million) of capital support to 24 companies across England and Scotland. This has led to a total investment of £16.5 million (US$30.3 million) and added more than 2 million metric tons of annual recycling capacity to that already put in place through WRAP’s earlier program. In providing this support, WRAP has played a vital role in helping a number of businesses expand their recycling capabilities.

Mike Falconer Hall, Aggregates Capital Projects Manager at WRAP says: "We are delighted that our provision of capital grant funding is creating such positive growth in the recycled aggregates infrastructure across England and Scotland.

"WRAP’s funding has been focused on helping aggregates recyclers to invest in plant to produce higher quality recycled aggregates for use in added value applications and, without our support, these projects would not have happened."

The companies that have received capital grants from WRAP over the 2004-06 funding period are as follows:

Stitchacre Ltd

WH Maher & Sons Ltd

May Gurney Ltd

Eco Composting Ltd

W&M Thompson Ltd

Lafarge Aggregates Ltd

Aggregate Industries

KSD Recycled Aggregates Ltd

D.J. Broady Ltd

Eastern Waste Disposal Ltd

Eco Aggregates Ltd

General Recycling Ltd

Jack Moody Ltd

Premier Waste (UK) Ltd

CEMEX UK Materials Ltd (Salford and Dove Holes, Buxton, plants)

CEMEX UK Materials Ltd (Weeford plant)

William Tracey (Middleton) Ltd

Tayside Contracts

WH Malcolm Ltd

Realm Construction

Hamilton Waste and Recycling Ltd

Delson Contracts Ltd

Eagle Recycling (UK) Ltd

Levenseat Recycling Ltd

In addition, through a separate Scotland Capital Grants scheme, WRAP provided £651,447 of capital support for the following Scottish companies, resulting in a further £2.8 million of investment in aggregate recycling operations.

CRM Recycling LLP

Henry Waste Management

Joss

Lawrie Demolition

S R Findlay

In total, these projects represent an additional output capacity of 277,335 metric tons per year over and above the 2 million metric tons delivered by the WRAP Aggregates Programme during 2004-06.