Elm is first with local approval. (Elm Energy and Recycling, tire disposal)

Elm is first with local approval

Until recently, disposing of the estimated 24 million scrap tyres generated annually in the UK posed something of a problem for the country's tyre industry. However, since Elm Energy and Recycling's tyres-to-energy plant was announced last year, the situation seems to have reversed, with three or four firms all seeking a large slice of the scrap tyre business.

The Elm power station was the first large scale project to be announced in the UK. Now that Elm has been obtained planning permission and secured funding guarantees for