{"id":771,"date":"2011-11-14T13:01:06","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T11:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.surreyandhampshirehgvtraining.co.uk\/news\/?p=91"},"modified":"2011-11-14T13:01:06","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T11:01:06","slug":"glass-bottle-recycling-means-more-lorries-on-hampshire-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surreyandhampshirehgvtraining.co.uk\/index.php\/glass-bottle-recycling-means-more-lorries-on-hampshire-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"Glass bottle recycling means more lorries on Hampshire roads"},"content":{"rendered":"

GLASS bottles collected for recycling across Hampshire are no longer processed and shipped from Southampton Docks.<\/p>\n

Instead 35,000 tonnes of glass per year \u2013 about 1,200 lorry loads – is being trucked to recycling plants as far afield as Yorkshire.<\/p>\n

Green campaigners have criticised the move as putting extra lorries on the road but it means more money for cash-strapped councils.<\/p>\n

Recrescro, the previous contractor, had built a \u00a32m recycling plant in the Western Docks, the first of its kind in the UK which officially opened in 2003.<\/p>\n

The project was spearheaded by Project Integra (PI), a partnership of councils in Hampshire to manage waste, which worked jointly with the Midland Glass Company Now PI has awarded a new five-year contract to Veolia Environmental Services after bosses promised councils a bigger share of the profits from selling the recycled glass.<\/p>\n

The decision was made by officers from Portsmouth City Council on behalf of PI which was billed \u00a330,000 bill for officer time for going out to tender.<\/p>\n

Councillors were informed of the new contractor at the last PI board meeting.<\/p>\n

Barni Fry, glass contract manager for Portsmouth City Council, told councillors they were losing a local plant and shipping facility but would benefit from increased income.<\/p>\n

But Alison Craig, of Winchester<\/a> Green Party, said: \u201cIt seems crazy to add those extra petrol miles. In terms of the environment, it will cost more. It is a step backwards not to be using a facility in our backyard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Veolia Environmental Services have a national agreement with Berrymans, the market leader for recycling glass with processing plants in London, Yorkshire and Kent.<\/p>\n

Two are next to bottle-making factories so there is no further need of transport. Council officers say not all glass was previously shipped from Southampton and some went north by road.<\/p>\n

On the loss of the Project Integra glass contract, Phil Martin, director of Recresco, said: \u201cIt did make things difficult for a number of months but now we have got different work streams and are operating at full capacity on site again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Martin said there had been some short-term job losses at the Southampton glass recycling facility but they were now up to strength again.<\/p>\n

He said all Hampshire\u2019s glass was previously shipped from Southampton docks \u2013 contradicting officials from Project Integra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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