Released on: May 19, 2008, 4:47 am

Press Release Author: ORE UK

Industry: Transportation & Logistics

Press Release Summary: Woodford Waste Management\'s Puddock Hill landfill site in
Warboys, Cambridgeshire has been issued with a Pollution Prevention and Control
(PPC) permit by the Environment Agency.

Press Release Body: Preston, Lancashire, (ORE UK) 19 May 2008 -- The PPC permit will
allow Woodford Waste Management to fill the remaining capacity of the landfill site
with non-hazardous waste.

Mark Farren, Managing Director of Woodford Waste Management, said: \"We\'re delighted
that the Puddock Hill landfill site has been granted a PPC permit, it is an
important step in the continued development of our landfill and recycling businesses
and the services we offer to our customers.\"

The permit was granted following two years of consultation between the Environment
Agency, Woodford Waste Management and the Warboys Landfill Forum, including 20
meetings and three separate rounds of public consultation.

Cllr Victor Lucas, County Councillor for Warboys and Upwood and Chairman of the
Warboys Landfill Forum, said: \"I am grateful that the Environment Agency has
recognised the commitment of representatives from several local authorities and
organisations to work together effectively through the Warboys Landfill Forum.

\"The members of the Forum all have an interest in the impact of the work at the
landfill site on the community of Warboys and surrounding villages. The Forum has
only been able to help achieve this major milestone of resuming non-hazardous waste
disposal at the site through the cooperation and responsiveness of the operators,
Woodford Waste Management, and the Environment Agency.

\"The granting of the permit represents a huge step forward following the dark days
of uncertainty during the deliberations on the application for hazardous waste
disposal in 2004 and the subsequent aborted appeal. The Forum will continue to
scrutinise the management and procedures at the site to ensure that operations are
being undertaken safely.\"

As part of the agreement for the permit Woodford Waste Management is to undertake a
series of improvements to protect the environment and to provide detailed monitoring
for ongoing surveillance at the landfill.

The Environment Agency believes that it will take Woodford Waste Management
approximately three years or so to fill the remaining landfill space at the site.

John Orr, Local Environment Manager for the Environment Agency, said: \"I'm pleased
that we have now been able to issue the permit as it means the site will be improved
and rigorously monitored, and that the environment will be properly protected into
the future.

\"Getting to this point has been a long, hard journey for all involved but I am
convinced that this is the best way forward to deal with the site and protect the
environment for the people of Warboys.\"

For further information regarding the Puddock Hill landfill site please call
Woodford Waste Management on 01487 824 240 or email:
enquiries@woodfordwastemanagement.co.uk

ENDS

For Further information or comment regarding Woodford Waste Management or Woodford
Global please contact Andrew Barton at ORE UK on 01772 318 700.

About Woodford Waste Management
Woodford Waste Management, part of Woodford Global PLC, offers a range of waste
management and recycling services including its own landfill facility in
Cambridgeshire, with a remaining void capacity in excess of 300,000m³ from a total
void of 2,000,000m³.

The site is operated to the highest environmental standards, accepts non-hazardous
waste streams as well as inert material for site restoration and features an
Electricity Generation Plant, which supplies 1MW to the National Grid.

About Woodford Global PLC
Woodford Global PLC is a fast-growing, dynamic company with a diverse portfolio of
brands from the sports, lifestyle and leisure industries. The success it has
achieved has largely been due to the core values it stands for - integrity,
excellence, performance and innovation, together with being passionate about the
industries in which it operates.

Woodford Global PLC is part of the Woodford organization, which also includes
Woodford Group PLC, the UK\'s largest and most successful land acquisition,
remediation and residential development company.

For more information visit
the website.


Web Site: http://www.woodfordgroup.com

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