{"id":277635,"date":"2025-11-22T18:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T18:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/277635\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T18:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T18:09:09","slug":"plans-for-35m-plastic-recycling-plant-which-could-create-70-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/277635\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans for \u00a335m plastic recycling plant which could create 70 jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

It would deal with 25,000 tonnes of plastic annually which would otherwise end up in landfill or incinerated<\/p>\n

Jamie Waller Local Democracy Reporter<\/p>\n

04:00, 22 Nov 2025<\/p>\n

\"FromNorth Kesteven District Council and Clean Planet Energy are backing a bid for an ‘ecoplant’ in Sleaford(Image: North Kesteven District Council)<\/p>\n

A \u00a335 million plant would stop thousands of tonnes of waste plastic being thrown away each year, and create dozens of jobs. The \u2018ecoplant\u2019 facility in Sleaford<\/a> would use a process called pyrolysis to burn plastics which can\u2019t be reused, and create a type of oil.<\/p>\n

Plans have been submitted by Clean Planet Energy for the Sleaford Moor Enterprise Park on Pride Parkway. It would deal with 25,000 tonnes of plastic<\/a> each year such as fast food containers, shopping bags and plastic films, which would otherwise be sent to landfill or incinerated.<\/p>\n

The facility is expected to create 50 to 70 permanent jobs, as well as around 100 in the two-year construction period. Plans have been submitted to Lincolnshire County Council<\/a>, which regulates waste disposal.<\/p>\n

\"PlansPlans for the pyrolysis plant to convert waste plastic into oil in Sleaford(Image: Clean Planet Energy)<\/p>\n

North Kesteven<\/a> leader Councillor Richard Wright has backed the bid. He said earlier this year: \u201cClean Planet Energy\u2019s commitment to bring its second-only ecoPlant in the UK to Sleaford Moor Enterprise Park would be a brilliant boost for our economy and jobs locally, and spell even better news for our environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt puts Sleaford and North Kesteven on the map when it comes to tackling hard-to-recycle waste plastic and finding innovative, tech-based solutions to the growing problem plastic presents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pyrolysis can be used to create Purified Pyrolysis Oil, which can replace fossil fuel oil in the petrochemical industry. Clean Planet Energy Director of Expansion and Development Tom Field said: \u201cOur ecoPlant in Sleaford would be a key milestone in Clean Planet Energy\u2019s national rollout of facilities to tackle the plastic waste crisis at scale.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt also demonstrates Clean Planet\u2019s commitment to partnering with local authorities to deliver real environmental change.\u201d A decision will be made by Lincolnshire County Council in future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It would deal with 25,000 tonnes of plastic annually which would otherwise end up in landfill or incinerated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,85963,54461,113629,113630,90,38466,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-277635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-lincolnshire","10":"tag-lincolnshire-county-council","11":"tag-north-kesteven","12":"tag-north-kesteven-district-council","13":"tag-science","14":"tag-sleaford","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}