New waste site will be boost to local economy

Ballymena Council’s new Waste Recycling Centre will also be of ‘tremendous’ economic benefit to the local community, a leading environmentalist has said.
By The Newsroom
Published 19th Jun 2013, 13:50 BST
Mr. Terry O'Hern, Chief Executive of the INEA, assisted by the Mayor of Ballymena Councillor Audrey Wales, cut a ribbon to officially open the Ballymena Amenity and Recycling site. Looking are Anne Donaghy, Ballymena Borough Council Chief Executive and Ballymena Deputy Mayor Councillor James McClean. INBT25-857HMr. Terry O'Hern, Chief Executive of the INEA, assisted by the Mayor of Ballymena Councillor Audrey Wales, cut a ribbon to officially open the Ballymena Amenity and Recycling site. Looking are Anne Donaghy, Ballymena Borough Council Chief Executive and Ballymena Deputy Mayor Councillor James McClean. INBT25-857H
Mr. Terry O'Hern, Chief Executive of the INEA, assisted by the Mayor of Ballymena Councillor Audrey Wales, cut a ribbon to officially open the Ballymena Amenity and Recycling site. Looking are Anne Donaghy, Ballymena Borough Council Chief Executive and Ballymena Deputy Mayor Councillor James McClean. INBT25-857H

Terry A’Hearn, Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency officially opened the newly upgraded household waste recycling centre at Waveney Road which was created with the help of a Department of the Environment Rethink Waste capital grant of £680,000.

Mr A’Hearn said: “Waste is an extremely valuable resource and we can no longer afford to ignore its value. Significant savings of approximately 25,500 tonnes of additional waste will be diverted from landfill over the next 25 years. This has tremendous environmental and economical benefits to the community.”

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The official opening event comes just ahead of Recycle Week which is taking place from June 17. This year the materials highlighted for people across the UK to recycle more are packaging, metals, plastics, textiles and food waste. The Waveney Road site serves all 25,000 households in the Council area and is located within a 10-minute travel zone for the majority of householders in the Borough.

Anne Donaghy, Chief Executive of Ballymena Borough Council said: “d I believe that this state of the art facility is a key part of our plans to increase recycling rates.”

within our Borough in the years ahead. This facility demonstrates our commitment to meeting Northern Ireland’s waste reduction obligations.

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