Twenty jobs will be created as a new manufacturing process from plastic recycling is added to a Hull industrial site.
Mytum and Selby has welcomed construction materials production to the large operation on the former Holliday Pigments site.
Working with Protomax Plastics Ltd, the company behind the innovative Storm Board product, the firm has installed its pioneering plastic recycling technology on the banks of the River Hull.
It comes after a decade of operation for the waste management firm in the city, on a site once occupied by Reckitt & Sons - now global household giant RB.
Protomax, based in Frome, Somerset, is described as a world leader in plastic board manufacturing technology having developed the recycled-plastic alternative to plywood.
Storm Board is used across all industries from retail and store displays to construction hoardings and emergency shelters, favoured for its durability, insulation properties and easy clean surface.
Nick Stillwell, managing director, said, “We’re excited to work with Mytum & Selby on this new factory to bring our recycling technology to Hull and the wider area.
“Plastic recycling is a huge problem for our society. We generate tonnes of plastic waste every hour, the majority of which is sent to landfill or abroad for recycling.
“The production of traditional plywood also has major implications for the environment due to the carbon heavy production and transportation process, not to mention deforestation.
“At Protomax and Storm Board we have the ability to be part of the solution to both of these issues. We recycle any plastic to create plywood alternatives which can be used for a range of purposes across nearly every industry. In addition, the Storm Board product is durable, easy to clean and reusable.”
Launched in 1987 in Sherburn In Elmet, North Yorkshire, Mytum and Selby arrived in Hull in 2010, launching the materials recycling facility of Morley Street, home to the skyline piercing 141m high chimney stack.
It also has sites in South Milford and Goole.
