VIDEO: Local businessman behind Full Circle proposals

Brett Ross, managing director of Coleraine-based River Ridge Recycling - the company leading the Full Circle consortium, stressed that the Hightown proposal is not the only solution for dealing with municipal waste in the arc21 region, which includes Newtownabbey and 10 other local council areas.
Brett Ross, Managing Director of River Ridge Recycling.Brett Ross, Managing Director of River Ridge Recycling.
Brett Ross, Managing Director of River Ridge Recycling.

Energy consortium Full Circle Power Ltd this week unveiled plans which, it has been claimed, negate the need to build a £240m Energy from Waste (EfW) plant at Hightown Quarry.

Opponents of arc21’s controversial plan to construct a massive waste incinerator near Mallusk have welcomed the publication of what they claim is “a viable alternative.”

Here a local Newtownabbey councillor welcomes the Full Circle proposals.