A FAMILY-RUN recycling centre could create more than 200 jobs once it is fully operational.
Mytum & Selby Waste Recycling is working with scientists at the University of Hull to create a recycling plant, composting organic household waste.
The project will go ahead at the Maltings, a disused brewery in South Milford, near Selby.
Steven Carrie, managing director of Mytum & Selby Recycling, said: "The site's ideal location will enable us to provide local businesses with a solution to their waste management needs, cheaper recycling opportunities and the advantage of trading at a more competitive and greener level.
"This, in turn, will provide increased employment levels and sustain the industrial sector.
"Once the site is at full capacity more than 200 jobs could be created between both our depots."
He said the centre would assist local authorities in meeting the Government's recycling targets for 2015, helping them to avoid large penalties for missed targets.
He said: "The Maltings site will reach these recycling targets overnight and help put us at the very forefront of waste recycling for providing a greener, cleaner society."
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