Green Light Given to Green Energy Park

Green light given for TW Services' green energy park at Richborough site

13/05/2011 - The new energy park means additional jobs for the area, not just in construction of the new facilities, but also at T W Services. It is expected to create 80 jobs locally through construction and operation.

Spencer Ray, director of the family-owned firm, said: "We can proudly say that we are providing a local solution to a local problem.

"Over the past three years we have worked hard on planning and strategic issues concerning the newly formed East Kent Joint Waste Contract 2010. Planning permission for our site means we are moving rapidly towards zero waste to landfill.

"Unlike other proposals to develop an energy park at Richborough, we are starting now. We obtained planning permission this week and construction will start within the next month.

"We are providing modern, purpose designed facilities creating the essential infrastructure needed to increase recycling capacity on the site that will handle waste from Dover, Shepway, Thanet and Canterbury for the next ten years and beyond."

T W Services' new site near Sandwich will handle 750,000 tonnes of waste each year. The site will handle municipal waste, food and green waste, construction and demolition waste, commercial and industrial waste, wood and hazardous waste.

Adds Mr Ray: "Everything will be recycled and we aim to have zero to landfill." {continued}