West Sussex recycling sorting plant on target

Building at a recycling material sorting plant to be built in West Sussex is on schedule for the facility to be operational early next year, visitors were told.

Members of the Ford Material Recycling Facility (MRF), which will sort all West Sussex household recycling, visited the site and were told construction was progressing at the right pace.

When completed, the facility will sort 85,000 tonnes of recycling collected at kerbsides and recycling bins.

According to the West Sussex County Times, Phil Russell, the County Council’s head of waste management, told the visitors: "It will use the latest recycling technology to sort different types of materials quickly, efficiently and to high quality standards.

"Recyclable materials will travel along conveyor belts with fast scanning sensors analysing and identifying the type of material as well as the shape, texture and colour."

Earlier this year, the council opened household recycling centre which created genuine organic compost.

County Council leader Henry Smith praised the facility claiming it showed how recycling can "close the loop".