Gateshead's GAP Group has partnered with a clean technology firm in a bid to bring an electrical waste recycling plant to the North East that could create up to 25 jobs.
Funding is said to be in place for waste processing specialists GAP and London-based Descycle to bring a multimillion-pound plant to a yet-to-be-announced location in the region, with hopes it will be operational by 2024.
The facility would feature new technology called deep eutectic solvents (DES) to process 5,000 tonnes per year of "e-waste" including printed circuit boards and other electronic equipment in a setup the two partners say would cost a fraction of conventional smelting operations.
