Construction completes on £1.8m recycling facility set to cut emissions

Construction has completed on a £1.8m project that is set to cut South Tyneside’s carbon emissions by hundreds of tonnes.

The new recycling facility from South Tyneside Council will allow up to 20,000 tonnes of blue bin materials to be stored on site.

This will cut vehicle emissions by 400 tonnes and save 155,000 litres of fuel per year.

The upper floor of the building will be used for dropping off and storing materials and the lower level will provide access to a loading bay for HGVs.

Ernest Gibson, lead member for Area Management and Community Safety with responsibility for climate change, commented: “It’s great to see this new facility finished and operational.

“It is going to make a significant contribution towards our goal of becoming a carbon neutral council by 2030.

“It basically ‘cuts out the middleman’ and removes the need for unnecessary journeys, saving money, fuel, and most importantly hundreds of tonnes of carbon emissions.

“Already, less than one per cent of South Tyneside’s waste is sent to landfill but this new local transfer station will allow us to further reduce our impact on the environment.”

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