Aylesford gets DEFRA awarded in CHP success

Aylesford Newsprint, based in Kent, has attained the DEFRA classification of good-quality combined heat and power (CHP) operator, resulting in no Climate Change Levy charge being applied to energy supplied by its CHP plant.

According to Aylesfords safety, health, environment and fire report for 2002, Performance Matters, the group has continued cutting emissions of suspended solids to water.

Its annual emissions for biological oxygen demand and chemical oxygen demand fell by 38.52% and 8.13% respectively.

Aylesford also achieved a reduction in the chemicals used in pulping recovered paper, while the number of staff training days increased by 39% during the year.