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New Plastic Recycling Facility To Open In GAA To stop Using

Scotland In October SUP On Grounds

reland’s Gaelic Athletic Association
I(GAA) has introduced a programme
to remove single-use plastic bottles from
Gaelic Games clubs and grounds.The
Puc Single-Use initiative is part of the
GAA’s new Green Clubs programme
and was launched in collaboration
with the Regional Waste Management
Authority and Irish Water. As part
of the initiative, the Regional Waste
Management Authorities have created
a toolkit to help participating clubs
identify and remove single-use plastic
uckinghamshire-based, privately plywood. Ecosheet also diminishes the from their grounds and activities. Irish
Bowned recycling specialist, Yes environmental impact that plywood has Water is providing 1,500 reusable
Recycling has announced its plans as it is recyclable at end of life. Much water bottles for member clubs, each
for a state-of-the-art recycling facility of the recycling material for the factory of which has nominated a number of
in Glenrothes, Fife with the creation will come from Dunfermline-based teams to champion the initiative. Irish
of up to sixty jobs. Yes Recycling, Cireco, as well as some commercial Water managing director Niall Gleeson
an experienced recycler of hard- streams. The new factory will create up said: “Delivering Ireland’s water
to-recycle plastics (including bank to 60 jobs, which recruitment started services in a sustainable and socially
notes, POS garment hangers, printed for in August, for a wide range of roles responsible way is a key priority for
packaging film and post-industrial including office management and facility Irish Water. “Like the GAA, we operate
and construction waste-streams) has floor. Omer Kutluoglu, Co-Founder in almost every town and village in the
invested multiple millions of pounds and Director of Yes Recycling,said, country, safeguarding our precious
into the mid-Fife facility, which will “Opportunities are limitless for the water supplies and returning treated
open in late October. It has received recycling industry in Scotland, with local wastewater safely to the environment.
£520,000 from the Circular Economy authority and government guidance
Investment Fund, administered by focusing on making a change for the “We are delighted to support this
Zero Waste Scotland with funding from better. Investment in change is evident great initiative by providing clean
the European Regional Development across Scotland, and for us, Fife is the
Fund and the Scottish Government. ideal location for our first plant of
The plant will feature new state-of- this kind. “We’ve been well supported
the-art patented recycling technology by Fife Council’s InvestFife services,
and will recycle 15,000 tonnes per which have included business and
annum of low-grade post-consumer employability support. We look forward
plastic. This will then be processed to the continuation of this work enabling
into pellets and flake, as well as creating
a new generation of high strength positive changes to Fife’s environmental
Ecosheet, an alternative to plywood. sustainability and local economy.” The
The new generation Ecosheet will installation of machinery and recruitment
positively impact the construction is imminent. Yes Recycling will be able drinking water in reusable bottles,
and manufacturing sectors. The new to open our new facility in late October, which will help tackle the growing
product is as strong as plywood, which timely coincides with the 26th problem of plastic waste and protect
in line with plywood pricing, and UN Climate Change Conference of the the environment.” The three clubs are
with a much greater life span than Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. among 45 clubs in Ireland taking part
in the pilot Green Clubs programme.

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