Future developments in recycling
Bridgend County Borough Council has signed a partnership agreement with Neath Port Talbot Borough Council to process landfill waste at a high tech waste treatment plant, known as a Materials recovery and Energy Centre (MREC). |
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The Material Recovery and Energy Centre (MREC Crymlyn Burrows near Swansea is a waste management facility that assists Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot Councils in diverting a large percentage of waste away from landfill.
All of the landfill black bag waste collected from the kerbside in Bridgend is taken to the MREC. At this facility metals are removed mechanically for recycling and some of the remaining waste is processed to produce refuse derived fuel that generates energy for use by the facility. Any surplus energy is exported to the National Grid. Other waste from the black bags is used in cement kilns as a substitute for non renewable natural resources such as fossil fuel (coal, oil and natural gas). As a result of these processes the amount of waste going to landfill is significantly reduced.
- Last Updated: 16/02/2011
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