Plans for £35m plastic recycling plant in Sleaford which could add 70 jobs
A £35million plant would stop thousands of tonnes of waste plastic being thrown away each year, and create dozens of jobs.
The ‘ecoplant’ facility in Sleaford would use a process called pyrolysis to burn plastics which can’t be reused, and create a type of oil.
Plans have been submitted by Clean Planet Energy for the Sleaford Moor Enterprise Park on Pride Parkway, close to the A17.
It would deal with 25,000 tonnes of plastic each year such as fast food containers, shopping bags and plastic films, which would otherwise be sent to landfill or incinerated.
The facility is expected to create 50 to 70 permanent jobs, as well as around 100 in the two-year construction period.
Plans have been submitted to Lincolnshire County Council, which regulates waste disposal.
North Kesteven leader Councillor Richard Wright has backed the bid.
He said earlier this year: “Clean Planet Energy’s commitment to bring its second-only ecoPlant in the UK to Sleaford Moor Enterprise Park would be a brilliant boost for our economy and jobs locally, and spell even better news for our environment.
“It puts Sleaford and North Kesteven on the map when it comes to tackling hard-to-recycle waste plastic and finding innovative, tech-based solutions to the growing problem plastic presents.”
Pyrolysis can be used to create Purified Pyrolysis Oil, which can replace fossil fuel oil in the petrochemical industry.
Clean Planet Energy Director of Expansion and Development Tom Field said: “Our ecoPlant in Sleaford would be a key milestone in Clean Planet Energy’s national rollout of facilities to tackle the plastic waste crisis at scale.
“It also demonstrates Clean Planet’s commitment to partnering with local authorities to deliver real environmental change.”
A decision will be made by Lincolnshire County Council in future.