Press release - Nov 28, 2008 12:00 AM
SITA Cornwall, although a division of a major international company, are very aware of their role in the local economy, especially during difficult financial times.
Job security in waste management
SITA Cornwall, although a division of a major international company, are very aware of their role in the local economy, especially during difficult financial times.
They have announced today that their plans to invest £150 million in Cornwall over the next five years will not be affected in any way by the recession. In that time, to make the system of integrated waste management much more convenient, efficient and successful, SITA Cornwall are hoping to be building and opening the following: four new recycling facilities, one of which is planned for Scorrier, to replace United Mines when it closes in 2010 and in Falmouth, Truro and Penzance; two waste transfer stations at Launceston and Scorrier, that will be set up to reduce the amount of lorries on the road and the Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre or CERC planned for St Dennis.
SITA’s General Manager in Cornwall, Louis de Poncheville, stated: “ We have a commitment to meet a high number of environmental targets that cannot be reduced, regardless of the financial situation. People will still be throwing away their rubbish and hopefully, they will be increasingly separating out everything that can be recycled.
These plans represent an investment of £150 million in equipment, building and renewal and also for the future stability and well-being of the county, they will mean nearly seventy new, well paid and secure jobs.”
If SITA Cornwall are successful with their plans for the CERC, they will be announcing a training scheme to help to prepare those living locally, who might be currently unqualified, for some of the better paid jobs that will be becoming available from 2014.