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Recycled Liquid Fuels
RLF is a high-grade blended fuel made from non-recoverable materials used in making everyday products such as screen wash, paint, printing ink and brush cleaners. The fuel is blended to a strict specification set by the regulator for the Works.

The content of RLF used at Lafarge Cement works is monitored at every stage of its journey from the fuel blender to the factory. Samples are taken at three stages: when the fuel is blended, when it is loaded into the road tanker for delivery and when it is unloaded at the Works.

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Recycled Liquid Fuels
Lafarge Cement works are only allowed to use an alternative fuel if trials, authorised by the local regulator - Environment Agency in England and Wales; Scottish Environment Protection Agency in Scotland; and the Industrial Pollution & Radiochemical Inspectorate in Northern Ireland - - show that using it has no overall detrimental impact on the environmental performance.

The trials involve extensive gathering of emissions data for a specified period using traditional fuels to establish baseline data, against which results from a period using the alternative fuel can be assessed.