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Clean Sweep: UBU Environmental targets 100% landfill diversion with CDE plant


Manchester-based UBU Environmental has outlined its plans to achieve 100% landfill diversion from its incoming road sweepings and inert gully waste with the support of CDE technology.


It recently sponsored PAS 115, a BSI specification which seeks to utilise non-hazardous material recovered from its business operations as a suitable substrate for the future use in soils or soil amendments.


Growing media is a rich material other than soil that can be used to support the healthy growth of trees, shrubs and other plants.


In 2016, UBU partnered with CDE to commission a turnkey recycling plant to process up to 50,000 tonnes of road sweeper and gully waste annually.


With a capacity of 250 tonnes per day, the plant can recycle roadsweeper waste to recover a variety of sand and aggregate products with significant commercial value.


The CDE plant is enabling UBU to recover up to 50 tonnes per day of washed aggregates of various sizes and upto 125 tonnes per day of washed sand which are being supplied to the local construction industry as a high-quality alternative to virgin quarried sand and aggregate.


CDE technology is currently supporting UBU to divert 85% of its customers’ road sweepings and gully waste from landfill and the business is now targeting total utilisation of incoming material by sponsoring PAS 115.


As well as in-spec sand and aggregates, the CDE plant produces an additional dried filter cake product.


Part of a new and innovative recycling initiative designed to enhance sustainability in the north west, UBU is advocating for the


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