Coventry City Council to spend millions on new recycling facility...

The multi-million pound project is a partnership with several other local authorities, with Coventry City Council set to stump up almost £11 million



Ambitious plans to build a massive new recycling facility in Coventry received Full Council backing this week.

The £34.5 million project is designed as a partnership with several other local authorities, with the city council set to stump up almost £11 million.

The plans have been drawn up in response to concerns about spiralling prices in the recycling market, with council bosses claiming the facility could ultimately save £847,000 a year - halving the current bill.

In the last financial year, the city council had spent more than £1.6 million on recycling and there have been fears that costs connected to the sector have grown increasingly volatile.

The proposals, which had already received cabinet approval last month, still need to be signed off separately by the five other councils involved.

At present the other confirmed partners are: Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council, North Warwickshire Borough Council, Rugby Borough Council, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, and Walsall Council.

Solihull will consider the scheme when its own cabinet meets on Thursday (September 5) and its report suggests that two other authorities - Stratford-Upon-Avon District Council and Leicestershire County Council - could also become involved.

It is intended to build the facility on former allotment land to the rear of the existing Energy from Waste facility, on Bar Road, and it could be up-and-running by May 2023.

We have money to burn!

This will turn out to be yet another waste of money: another project that doesn't turn a profit!

The recycler of Seville

A Spanish firm which converts non-recyclables into new plastics is being lined up as an “ideal addition” to a proposed £34.5m recycling facility in Coventry.

A council official is to visit Plastic Energy at its site in Seville later this month to see its production plant in action.

Based on the findings, the council could attempt to bring the firm to the city in a move which would mean Plastic Energy’s first plant expansion in Europe.

An authority report said “an investment in this technology could make a commercial return” for the council.