According to Alex Kinghorn, the council's chief environmental health officer, the tender, which was signed last November, was based on the understanding that the majority of their waste would go to a landfill site in the Ballyclare area.

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County councillor Bill Borrett, responsible for environment and waste, said the site aimed to boost recycling and divert waste from landfill.

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