This is the latest installation to be inaugurated by the re3 Partnership, comprising the Bracknell Forest, Reading and Wokingham Councils working with Waste Recycling Group (WRG); the re3 Partnership was established to improve the infrastructure and facilities with a view to increasing the rate of waste reuse, recycling and composting while minimising the amount of waste sent to landfills over a 25-year period. The venture represents about GBP700 million in total revenues.
There are also improved facilities for collecting and disposing of waste from the kerbside collection service and a weighbridge for trade waste.
The partnership anticipates that it will handle over 100,000 tonnes of waste each year, which will contribute to achieving their target of recycling or composting 40% of the waste produced in the three boroughs by 2010.
The site also features a brand-new education centre, which is already being used by local schools and community groups to learn more about recycling further and wasting less.
Re3 officially opened its first waste management park, at Smallmead in Reading, in July this year. The two waste management parks cost 28.4 million pounds and are managed for the partnership by WRG.
By 2021 the partner councils expect to use them to recycle over 50% of their waste and obtain value from 74%.
