Global Renewables OperationsCompany Overview

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WasteA landfill site is around the volume of Old Trafford and everyone lives within two Kilometres of some type of landfill site!Typical approximate time for waste to disappear:

Nappy 500 - 600 yearsCotton socks 5-6 monthsStyrofoam cup 1 million yearsGlass bottle 1 million yearsLeather belt 40 – 50 yearsWooden block 10 – 20 yearsBanana peel 3 – 4 weeksPaper box 1 – 2 weeksPlastic bottles 1 million yearsAluminium can 200 – 500 years

Landfill sites in Lancashire

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The Contract

In March 2007, Global Renewables Lancashire Ltd (GRLL), Lancashire County Council and Blackpool Council signed what was then the UK’s largest waste Public Finance Initative (PFI) contract; a £2bn, 25-year agreement to process Lancashire’s household waste

The contract saw the provision of two 300,000 tonne reduce, reuse and recycle waste processing facilities

A facility in Thornton (near Blackpool) and a facility in Leyland (near Preston)

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Reduction and diversion of waste from landfill

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Project Benefits for Lancashire

Diversion of over 75% of Lancashire’s domestic waste from landfill

350 jobs created locally

Creation of their own power. Approximately 10,000 MWh per facility per year

1,000 hectares of woodland and recreation areas created with 2,500,000 trees planted

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Thornton Waste Technology Park

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Operational Process Activities

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Pre-Sort Area

Grapples in a pit area load hoppers with waste material to be transported by two conveyor belts into the Pre-Sort cabin

16 Sorters per shift remove material from the conveyors

Pre-Sort is the part of the Operation which helps protect the system by removing items from the waste stream which do not fit in with the system. (Incompatibles, Hazardous, Bulky and Glass)

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The walkway has information boards like the one above explaining the science the machines use.

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End Products Developed

Kerbs from waste plastic

Recycled paper bags

Compost bin from plastic milk bottles

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School Programme: A sky bridge from the education centre takes people onto a walkway through the plant. There are huge viewing windows overlooking the plant.

Education Centre