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Plans have been approved for a new plastics recycling plant at the Port of Sunderland which will create more than 100 new jobs in the area.

Quantafuel Sunderland Ltd, a subsidiary of the specialist recycling company based in Norway, will build the plastics processing plant on a 12-acre site on the eastern edge of port.

The development will take mixed plastic waste from across the north of England that would otherwise have been incinerated or disposed of in landfill.

The new plant will support 200 roles during construction and will create over 100 full-time jobs when it opens, ranging from mechanical and chemical engineering posts, to management, security, and cleaning positions.

Plans approved for huge new Quantafuel plastics recycling plant at Port of Sunderland, creating 200 jobs