UK – A new waste recycling plant in Rutland is due to begin processing in February, and is claiming to be cheaper than consigning waste to a landfill site.

The plant will be run by waste management company SRM. Any fibrous or cellulose material, including waste packaging, can be used.

SRM will then turn the waste into blocks of Profuel, which can be burned in the kilns of cement firm Castle Cement. Because of the high temperatures involved in cement manufacture, the fuel is totally burned.

Construction of the second phase of the factory is due to be complete in the summer. The plant will then be able to process around 100,000 tonnes of waste per year.