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Beatson Clark invests £840k in new Rotherham recycling plant

Barnsley-headquartered glass manufacturer, Beatson Clark has invested £840,000 in a new recycling plant in Rotherham.

The company, which makes glass bottles and jars for the food, drink and pharmaceutical sectors, holds the contract to manage Rotherham’s recycling collections from the plant on Greasborough Road.

Beatson Clark installed a new automated recycling system in October, which will make recycling much faster and allow it to process more cullet (waste glass) for its furnaces.

The new plant processes six tonnes of materials per hour – almost twice the three and a half tonnes that Beatson Clark could process previously.

“Sourcing the right quantity of glass cullet can be difficult at times so our new, improved recycling plant will help to prevent us running short,” said Colin Saysell, Supply Chain Manager at Beatson Clark.

“Residents can help us too by only putting glass bottles and jars, metal cans and lids, and textiles and footwear in the blue box. They should not put Pyrex or pottery in as this won’t melt in our furnaces and can even cause damage and rejected bottles, wasting both glass and energy.”

“The improvements will also help us to reduce our carbon footprint as the recycled material only has to travel a few metres from the plant to the furnace rather than being brought in from a recycling processor several miles away.”

All the glass recycled at Beatson Clark is used to make new bottles and jars, while the textiles, steel and aluminium are removed and sent on for further processing to our recycling partners.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ellen Forster .