CONSTRUCTION work has started on a new £30 million circular economy resource park in Newry.
South Down waste firm Re-Gen said around 250 people will be involved in the build on an eight-acre site at Invest NI’s Carnbane Business Park.
It will become the headquarters for the Re-Gen group, encompassing a four-storey office block and a research and development unit.
Re-Gen’s group of companies include Re-Gen Waste, Re-Gen Robotics and Connex Offsite.
The development will also include a new solid recovered fuel (SRF) manufacturing facility and accommodate the manufacture of products from dry recyclables.
Re-Gen utilises materials placed in household recycling bins such as aluminium, glass, paper, cardboard, plastics and steel.
The group’s managing director Joseph Doherty said: “Employing special mechanical manufacturing processes, we will be producing SRF as a fossil fuel replacement on the site.
“We are progressing R&D trials and we will also develop products from dry recyclable material such as paper, plastic and glass on the site,” he said.
“Recycling resources are important and we are committed to developing the circular economy of paper, card, plastic and glass.
“We will continue to work with manufacturers and outlets in Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and Great Britain.
“Our focus is on innovation and developing manufacturing facilities that close the recycling loop, create jobs at home and ultimately boost the Northern Ireland economy.”
