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[October 2004]
AWDF gets Environmental Agency Approval
The Environment Agency has given permission for Castle Cement to use Agricultural Waste Derived Fuel (AWDF) as an alternative fuel at its Ribblesdale Works. Use of the fuel will be for a trial period of six months.
Gareth Price, General Manager at Castle Cement’s Ribblesdale works welcomed the decision “Once again we are able to safely use the energy content of a waste product that would otherwise go to landfill to help fuel our kiln.
“The AWDF will be entirely consumed in the very high temperatures of our cement manufacturing system in the same manner that coal is currently.
“AWDF is widely used in the European cement industry and, calling on the experience of our sister companies in Europe, we anticipate no general changes to emissions except a slight reduction of oxides of nitrogen. Use of AWDF will also reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.”
As part of the process of seeking approval Castle Cement has held consultations with the local community and staged a public exhibition in St Mary’s Parish Hall, Clitheroe.
The use of AWDF has been discussed at the company’s liaison meetings with Ribble Valley Borough Councillors and outlined in previous editions of Open Door, which is distributed to approximately 12,000 homes in the Ribble Valley.
Further information from Danny Daniels on 0121 606 4062.
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