The intended facility will be able to recycle virtually all plastics, according to Recycling Technologies, and will be their second facility of this type after one in Scotland. 

 

Swindon Borough is currently reviewing its current ten-year waste strategy and plastics recycling infrastructure. 

 

The facility will hold Recycling Technologies’ patented recycling machine, the RT7000, which converts plastic waste back into an oil called Plaxx, from which new plastics can be made. It does this by heating up the waste plastic in an oxygen-less environment. This procedure allows for the breaking down and recycling of ‘unrecyclable’ plastics, such as food pouches and crisp packets. 

 

Adrian Griffiths, chief executive and founder of Recycling Technologies, said: "We are delighted that Swindon, the home of our manufacturing facility and HQ, is hoping to also be the home of England’s first aPRF which includes our RT7000 feedstock recycling machine.

 

"There is an urgent need for more plastic recycling capacity in the UK to not only stem the flow of plastics into landfill and our environment, but to also create jobs and boost economic prosperity across the region."

 

Councillor Maureen Penny, Swindon Borough Council’s cabinet member for highways and the environment, said: "I am delighted Recycling Technologies is working with Public Power Solutions to develop this exciting plastic recycling technology in Swindon.

 

"We are currently developing future action plans on how we manage our waste as part of our recently-adopted 10-year Waste Strategy."

 

Source: Insider Media – South West

 

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Here at Time and Attendance South West we admire companies like Recycling Technologies who are working to improve humanity’s impact on the environment. 

 

One line from a recent customer testimony had us stop and really consider how we help to reduce paper usage:

 

“I also like the fact that we have drastically cut down on the amount of paper we are using, which is better for the environment.”

 

Our products help companies to reduce their paper wastage if they still use paper timesheets to record attendance, or if they use paper holiday forms to deal with booking individual employees’ holidays. 

 

Neither timesheet nor holiday form is necessary with our Self Service Module software. This can be accessed easily by employees, via browser or mobile phone app, and using the platform they can clock themselves in or out and submit holiday for approval. 

 

This can be used either alongside our physical clocking terminals or on its own with our centralised software. Having both a physical and a virtual option is useful for companies which rent their premises and can’t alter any writing in the building. 

 

Other ways that all office-based companies can reduce their paper usage include minimising handouts in presentations, printing double-sided, and having an easily accessible paper recycling bin which you encourage all employees to use.