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WRG is celebrating the outcomes of an
18-month drive to enhance its portfolio of
more sustainable and effcient waste mana-
gement and renewable energy generation
options.
A renewed focus away from disposal activi-
ty has seen the business successfully intro-
duce a range of new waste treatment and
energy initiatives.
The starting point for these new approaches
was last year’s Recycling Waste World Na-
tional Energy from Waste conference in Fe-
bruary 2010 at which WRG unveiled plans
to introduce wind turbine energy generation
on both its closed and operational landfll
sites.
Planning committee approvals have already
been received for the installation of two tur-
bines at each of two sites in the East Riding
of Yorkshire (Carnaby and Gallymoor) with
a total capacity of up to 6MW of electricity.
Further wind farm planning applications
have also been submitted for a total of 14
large turbines at three other sites, and for
single turbines at fve other sites. A signi-
fcant number of other projects are at the
preliminary planning stage.
To underscore the Company’s interests in
renewable energy, WRG has joined Re-
newableUK, the trade and professional
body for the UK wind and marine renewa-
bles industries.
WRG is also expanding its energy crop
activities following a successful pilot which
involved planting a combination of miscan-
thus grass and fast-growing trees at 14 lan-
dfll sites across Lincolnshire, Nottinghams-
hire, Humberside and Yorkshire totaling
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development of was
A renewed
focus has enabled the
successful implementation
of new waste and energy
treatment iniatives
WRG’s energy-from-
waste facility in East-
croft generates steam
for the Nottingham
municipal heating
system.