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Air quality in CEMEX Rugby set to improve
Oct, 26 2009
(Rugby, UK) -- CEMEX UK has won permission to use environmentally-friendly Climafuel at its Rugby plant.
Climafuel is derived from household residual waste and commercial waste.
Climafuel has significant environmental and sustainability benefits, including a 30 per cent reduction in emissions of oxides of nitrogen.
Climafuel will part-replace fossil fuels used in the Rugby kiln. The company plans to replace 65 per cent of its current fuel with Climafuel.
“We can’t simply decide we would like to use a different fuel, we have to conduct exhaustive and lengthy trials to prove that doing so is beneficial when compared with traditional fuels,” said CEMEX UK community affairs manager, Ian Southcott
An air quality assessment in 2004 carried by Rugby Borough Council revealed a risk of exceeding national air quality objectives because of emissions from the CEMEX cement plant.
CEMEX has appointed one of the UK’s leading waste management companies, Waste Recycling Group (WRG), to build and operate the Climafuel plant.
The proposed new plant would significantly assist in diverting waste from landfill, create about 25 full time jobs and a further five in logistics.
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