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New Solvent Re-Cycling Facility Opened
Date: 27 November 2006
| Enva Northern Ireland have announced it has begun operating a new high tech solvent re-cycling facility, the largest and most technically advanced of its type in Northern Ireland, which will produce significant savings for local industry. |
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Said director Barry Johnson: “Solvents are widely used to remove paint, oil, grease and dirt. Normally they are only used once, and then require disposal.
“Our new high-tech equipment at Carryduff, in addition to the obvious environmental benefits, is very cost effective for customers who, until now, had to send used solvents to England for disposal, and mainly tended to buy higher-priced new solvent.
“As well as Northern Ireland, Enva NI are also taking used solvent from customers in the Republic of Ireland, through our sister company Enva Ireland Ltd, and we intend to significantly grow this market in the future”. |
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| Mr Johnson said this strategy “is in line with the island-wide approach underpinning both the UK and RoI governments’ waste policies, which aim to increase re-cycling and cut the amount of waste going to either Britain or Europe for re-cycling. |
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| “Our new solvent re-cycling facility meets these objectives, and is in line with our overall policy which is to develop leading edge recovery technologies in-house, plus, over the new few years – where it makes economic sense – install further re-cycling equipment”, he added. |
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| Enva Northern Ireland was originally set up in 1974 as Capital and later became Atlas Environmental. Said Mr Johnson: “The name change gives us the opportunity to ensure that both new and existing customers understand the range of waste services we can offer ourselves, and also through our sister operations in RoI and England. |
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| Enva Northern Ireland now has five divisions including the collection and disposal of waste oils, another collecting and disposing of other automotive and industrial wastes; tank and drain cleaning and emergency response to spillages; treatment and recovery of hazardous chemical waste and the supply and processing of cooking oils and fats. |
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