Cynon Valley AM visits Bryn Pica recycling site
January 9, 2006
“Bryn Pica site will be instrumental in meeting recycling and landfill targets” said Cynon Valley AM Christine Chapman today.
On a visit to the Bryn Pica recycling site near Llwydcoed, Cynon Valley AM Christine Chapman has said that such facilities will be the key to achieving challenging targets for how we dispose of our waste.
The Bryn Pica site has recently received Objective One Funding for a new £1.9m project to improve its recycling capability so that it is now able to process much more waste material for recovery and composting. This has given a considerable boost to the prospects of hitting the target of recycling and composting 25% of waste by 2007 in Rhondda Cynon Taff, before meeting an even stiffer task of 40% by 2010.
In addition to its new recycling capacity, Bryn Pica consists of a community recycling centre and a landfill waste disposal facility and which disposes of Rhondda Cynon Taff’s domestic refuse. Recycling targets set by the Welsh Assembly Government are the main mechanism by which Wales hopes to contribute to the UK’s requirement to reduce the amount of waste that is sent to landfill as a result of the European Union Landfill Directive.
Once fully commissioned, the recycling facility at Bryn Pica will have the capacity to process 30,000 tonnes of waste and the composting facility will have a capacity of 20,000 tonnes per annum.
Christine Chapman AM said :
“Nearly 20% of waste is recycled or composted in Wales and we have taken great strides since 1999 when only 7% of our rubbish was being recycled.
I am very pleased that the Bryn Pica site has received support from Objective One to help Rhondda Cynon Taff pull its weight in meeting Wales’ recycling and landfill targets.
If we are serious about sustainable development and the long term future of our planet then we do not face a choice. The only option is to invest in recycling facilities and encourage people to think differently in the way that they dispose of their rubbish. This requires a carrot and stick approach as the Welsh Assembly Government is adopting; holding people responsible where they flout environmentally friendly practices and actively supporting those organisation and people for whom recycling may be difficult.”
Nigel Bryn, Managing Director of Amgen Cymru, which runs the Bryn Pica site, said :
“The grant support obtained was essential in delivering the project and has been instrumental in the provision of the enhanced recycling service that we are now able to offer the residents and businesses of Rhondda Cynon Taff.
We are extremely pleased with the project which has allowed us to transform our business from a disposal orientated organisation to one that is much more progressive and able to offer a broad range of recycling services. We have recruited locally an additional 20 staff and hope to make a major contribution to the recycling targets set by the Welsh Assembly for Rhondda Cynon Taff.
The project which has taken just over three years to deliver has benefited from a close working relationship between our key partners Cardiff University, the Welsh European Funding Office and Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.”
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