glass recycling plant News
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Still no verdict on Quinn Glass plant case
Nearly two weeks after a High Court hearing (10 March) to decide the fate of a Quinn Glass recycling plant which does not have planning permission, the presiding Judge has delayed his verdict. The case against the Quinn plant in Cheshire was brought by rival Ardagh Glass, which deemed it “unfair competition” because it had not obtained planning permission. After hearing the case, which finished ...
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VETRECO Contracts REDWAVE for Glass Recycling Plant Upgrade Including Five Optical Sorters
VETRECO - a joint venture of glass makers Ardagh, Zignago and Verallia - is operating a cullet treatment plant with an annual capacity of some 400,000 tonnes per annum in Supino, near Frosinone. Vetreco has now decided to further invest in the automation of its process and has given the contract to REDWAVE with the supply of core equipment such as REDWAVE optical sorters. Davide Biondi, ...
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`Exceptional` judgement made in `unlawful` glass recycling plant case
All work must stop and buildings must be removed at the “unlawful” Quinn Glass plant at Elton, near Chester, a High Court judge has ruled. The decision that Chester City Council must take enforcement action against the plant, which does not have planning permission, has pleased case claimants and rivals Ardagh Glass. Ardagh brought a court case in February to force the council to take action ...
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Judge closes down glass recycling firm that misled shareholders
Four glass recycling companies have been wound-up in the High Court following an investigation by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ Insolvency Service. The four firms were headed up by the Magna Group and consisted of Magna Engineering, Magna Recycling and Magna Toughened Glass. The group had set up a glass recycling plant near Selby in North Yorkshire but failed to generate ...
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New €5m Irish glass recycling plant unveiled
A new Euro 5m state-of-the-art glass recycling facility has been opened in Ireland which will be able to handle more than 50,000 tonnes of bottles and jars a year. Environment minister John Gormley officially opened the new Glassco Recycling plant, which has the potential to save more than 15,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions. Bosses say it will be the first of its kind in the country to use ...
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Quinn`s `unlawful` glass plant awaiting closure order
The ‘unlawful’ Quinn Glass plant in Elton is awaiting an enforcement order requiring it to cease production and remove the factory. Issued by Cheshire West and Chester Council on 22nd April, the order comes after a long-running legal battle between Quinn Glass- which does not have planning permission for the plant - and Ardagh Glass. Ardagh glass has taken action against the plant because, it ...
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Planning consent saga highlighted in Parliamentary questions
Decisions that have enabled a glass recycler to run a plant in Cheshire for nearly four years were questioned in Parliament last week. MP Eric Illsley asked what action the Government would take to ensure planning regulations concerning the Quinn Glass plant in Elton and Ince were enforced. MP Iain Wright responded: “It is for the local planning authority to decide in each case the appropriate ...
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Glass Recycler Faces Fine for Clean Water Violations at Franklin, Mass. Facility
Strategic Materials, Inc. of Houston, Texas faces a fine for allowing polluted stormwater from its glass recycling facility in Franklin, Mass. to flow into nearby waters, in violation of the Clean Water Act. The company faces a maximum penalty of up to $177,500 for the alleged violations. According to allegations in the complaint, Strategic Materials initially failed to obtain permit coverage ...
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Glass Recycling Company pays fine for clean water act violations in Franklin, Mass.
Strategic Materials, Inc. has agreed to pay a penalty of $159,750 to settle EPA’s claims that it violated the federal Clean Water Act by allowing polluted storm water from its Franklin, Mass. facility to flow into nearby waters. Strategic Materials, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, operates the glass recycling facility, which is located at the edge of wetlands abutting Mine Brook, a tributary ...
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Wisdot Secretary Visits for First Roadmaking Application of Neenah Minergy Plant?s Glass Aggregate
Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WISDOT) Secretary Frank Busalacchi and Minergy officials today witnessed the first commercial road making application of asphalt made from Glass Aggregate, the product made at Minergy Corporation’s sludge processing plant in Neenah. Northeast Asphalt paved the traffic terminal at Johnson Trucking using asphalt made from the Glass Aggregate. The ...
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