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    Leasing equipment

    plastic bottles and trays which can be recycled ready for collection. Used in SME recycling feasibility trials.WRAP helped Redcar company Waste Exchange Services to lease equipment to increase its plastic recycling. With assistance from WRAP through the Equip scheme the company were able to lease one of the most powerful EREMA extrusion machines in Europe. Capacity at the Redcar site has doubled to 14,000 tonned per year with two processing lines now operating 24/7 – both designed to convert scrap plastic into top grade compound. more

    Compost

    Northumberland based company DJ & SJ recycling were looking to expand their existing composting operations and produce compost to PAS 100 specifications. WRAP provided funding for an interim manager as an experience additional resource to help move the business forward. more

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    NE Presentation 2 - NStar -Regional Venture Finance     PDF version
    Last updated: Mon 3 Mar 2008
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    NE Presentation 1 - Jeff Moffit, Chair -Regional Overview     NE presentation 1
    Last updated: Mon 3 Mar 2008
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    NE Presentation 3 - Julia Turner, WRAP -Support for recycling businesses     NE presentation
    Last updated: Mon 3 Mar 2008
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    Good Practice Guide: Procurement and the efficient use of Material Resources     The challenge you face is to make your council's spend on goods and services work better – to keep council taxes down, achieve efficiency savings, deliver value for money and a genuine quality of life that local people will appreciate. Best practice procurement (smarter spending) is a key to achieving these outcomes.
    Last updated: Mon 4 Jun 2007
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    Alternative Waste Solutions - plastic bottle recycling gets a boost     Technical expertise and investment support from WRAP are key to developing Europe’s largest plastic bottle sorting plant with a capacity of 60,000 tonnes per year.
    Last updated: Thu 21 Aug 2008

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