Recycling firm to lose licence after Salford blaze
THE company running a Salford recycling depot that caught fire in March is to have its permit to operate withdrawn.
Recovered Fuels Shipping has been told by the Environment Agency that it will no longer be able to run the site from August 7.
The Duncan Street fire burned for two weeks and led to the temporary closure of the nearby Manchester to Liverpool railway line. The site was used to shred and bale around 100,000 tonnes of paper, wood, plastic and textiles a year.
Recovered Fuels Shipping’s sole shareholder is Barry Kilroe who also owns the Asset & Land Group which suffered a serious fire at its Junction 25 plant at Bredbury Industrial Estate in Stockport last August. That required 50 firefighters to bring it under control and followed two other fires in 2011 and 2012, prompting residents to campaign for its permanent closure.
Last month Flixton-based Heads Recruitment issued a winding-up petition against Recovered Fuels and the Asset & Land Group reached an agreement with creditors in November through a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) in November. Documents at Companies House show it is paying 58p in the pound but the total sum was not disclosed.
An Environment Agency spokesman said: “Following the fire on March 2, the Environment Agency served a suspension notice which prevented Recovered Fuels Shipping Limited from accepting any more waste, and also specified that all waste on the site at the time should be removed.
“This notice is currently subject to an appeal by the company. After consideration of all the facts relating to the company and the site, the EA has now decided to revoke the environmental permit.
“Subject to any appeal, the revocation takes effect on August 7, 2014, which means after that the company will no longer be able to operate from that site. The company is still required to remove all waste.”
