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Lincolnshire County Council (www.lincolnshire.gov.uk) has given the green light for Organic Recycling (www.organicrecycling.co.uk) to increase the technology options available at its recycling site in Crowland. The £16 million project at the Energy and Recycling Park has now been granted planning permission. The project will vastly increase the number of waste streams available.
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Lincolnshire County Council (www.lincolnshire.gov.uk) has given the green light for Organic Recycling (www.organicrecycling.co.uk) to increase the technology options available at its recycling site in Crowland. The £16 million project at the Energy and Recycling Park has now been granted planning permission. The project will vastly increase the number of waste streams available.
In 2007 the company was granted permission to build an in-vessel composting facility and a dry recycling transfer station. Now, Organic Recycling plans to extend its operations to include anaerobic digestion (AD) and a biomass boiler. Anaerobic digestion has been heavily promoted by the UK government as a method of recycling biodegradable waste and turning it into a valuable soil enhancement product as well as a way of producing electricity
Combining AD and in-vessel composting with a biomass boiler, a water treatment plant, further concrete areas for windrow composting, a dry recycling facility and greenhouses means that no other site in the UK offers this range of waste technology options.
This latest planning consent means that Organic Recycling can now deal with over 100 categories of waste listed in the European Waste Catalogue (EWC). This will give companies in the commercial sector and municipal authorities in surrounding areas a unique opportunity to supply a wide variety of wastes to one location to improve their competitiveness in their respective markets.
Andrew Riddington of Organic Recycling said: "We are delighted that the county council has granted permission. A single location able to handle multiple waste streams will mean significant cost savings for local authorities and businesses in the region which have a variety of waste to dispose of that currently must be sent to different locations.
"We will now be able to handle 150,000 tons of waste at the 52 acre site. It also means that we will be able to produce enough power from a renewable resource for over 1,400 homes.
"The process is simple and robust and occurs in sealed tunnels that are airtight.
"Naturally produced methane is drawn from the tunnel and converted into electricity through a combined heat and power unit. The excess heat and CO2 will be used in glasshouses adjacent to the plant.
"A significant growth in the use of anaerobic digestion has great potential to contribute to combating climate change and meeting wider environmental objectives."
A biomass boiler will also generate heat for use in the glasshouses from a variety of wood and biomass wastes generated from external and internal sources.
Organic Recycling is extending its operation in order to help meet European legislation which limits the amount of waste that can be sent to landfill and answer the call from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to increase the uptake of anaerobic digestion in the UK.
Andrew Riddington said: "These technologies can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by capturing methane released by the decomposition of organic materials. The biogas can be used to generate heat and power, or as a transport fuel - either locally or injected into the gas grid. The treated material can be used as a fertiliser and soil conditioner."
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