Recycling: UK to have world’s largest bottle reprocessing unit

Alternative Waste Solutions UK has received funding of GBP 2m (EUR 2.7m) to initiate a GBP 14m to expand its bottle recycling plant in Hemswell, Lincolnshire. The project will increase the plant’s annual capacity from 20,000 t to 100,000 t and will include food grade capability for both HDPE and PET. Start-up of the enlarged facility, which is expected to be the largest of its type in the world, is scheduled for the end of 2008, with full capacity being reached before the end of 2009.