Day Aggregates has set up production in Wellingborough with waste-to energy plant operator Encyclis.
Day expects to consume 200,000 tonnes per year of incinerator bottom ash (IBA) from two Encyclis incinerators – Rookery South in Bedfordshire and Newhurst in Leicestershire – to produce its EcoBlend-branded aggregate.
The facility is jointly owned by Day Aggregates and Encyclis, who forged a partnership 18-months ago to begin building the plant on the Finedon Road Industrial Estate in Wellingborough.
Day Group contracts director Adam Day said: “Our state-of-the-art recovery and manufacturing facility has the most up-to-date processing equipment, which produces the best quality material as efficiently as possible. EcoBlend will now provide a sustainable solution for the local construction market, reducing the region’s reliance on sourcing and transporting aggregates from out of the area.”
GRS Trading (formerly Galliford Road Stone, until a 1997 management buyout) is responsible for marketing the product to the construction industry.
GRS Trading managing director Antony Beamish said: “The technology and innovation that’s gone into developing this processing plant is impressive.”
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