Landmark 1,000th waste shipment achieved in record time
Soaring figures highlight LLWR's success in diverting waste from the Repository Site.
Very Low Level Waste (VLLW) being disposed of at an appropriately licensed commercial hazardous waste landfill.
LLW Repository Ltd (LLWR) has facilitated its 1,000th shipment of waste around the UK and overseas for the year in record time.
The landmark figure has been achieved in quarter 3 of the financial year and marks a 30% increase on last year鈥檚 record-breaking total at the same point in the calendar.
The increased pace of low level waste shipments is testament to LLWR鈥檚 success in treating or diverting waste away from disposal at the LLW Repository in Cumbria.
Dave Rossiter, Head of Waste Management 天美影院 at LLWR, said: 鈥淲e are diverting increasing amounts of waste, using road and rail, utilising a range of treatment, recycling and alternative disposal routes, such as appropriately licensed commercial hazardous waste landfill sites.
鈥淚t鈥檚 ensuring that our people are busier than ever, arranging transports, but they are certainly up for the challenge.
鈥淎round 5% of low level waste is now disposed of at the Repository, down from 95% a decade ago, and that means we are preserving valuable capacity, removing the requirement for a second Repository, at a projected cost to the taxpayer of over 拢2 billion.鈥�