£96,000 recycling boost

The Government has awarded Wealden District Council £96,300 to expand the recycling facilities at the Bellbrook materials reclamation facility in Uckfield.
By The Newsroom
Published 12th Dec 2002, 15:52 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 22:35 BST

The Council received the grant from the National Waste Minimisation and Recycling Fund from a total of 76.3million available nationally.

The money will be used to add another six bays for storing cans, glass and paper and to buy new can sorting equipment.

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It will almost double the capacity for recycling at the Uckfield site which provides a service to the whole of East Sussex.

Cllr Brian West, Wealden District Council's Cabinet Member for Services, said: 'This is excellent news and was the total amount of funding which we applied for in the bid.

'After all Wealden District Council's investment into recycling, it is tremendous to get some outside funding.

'This award will enable us to increase capacity by 50 per cent allowing additional handling of around 10,000 tonnes of recycling a year.'

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l Currently Wealden District Council collects 8,262 tonnes of waste from the kerbside CROWN (Composting and Recycling Our Waste Now) scheme and 3,432 tonnes from materials taken to recycling points throughout the District. Work on expanding the Bellbrook site is likely to get under way in April 2003.

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