Suez Recycling and Recovery UK has won a contract from council-owned waste firm, Bristol Waste Company, to deal with around 30,000 tonnes of the city’s household residual waste .
From November, this part of the city’s waste will be taken to Avonmouth where it will be burnt for use as a fuel to generate energy.
The waste will be sent to the Severnside Energy Recovery Centre in South Gloucestershire (Picture: paulbox)
Bristol Waste Company operates a 10-year contract for the collection of household waste and recycling from the city’s homes – which it began in 2016 after Bristol city council’s termination of its waste and recycling services contract with Kier in June 2015 (see letsrecycle.com story).
New Earth
Up until April this year the residual waste collected by the firm was sent to landfill. The company then had a 6-month interim contract with waste business New Earth to treat the waste.
New Earth entered administration after talks with its senior lenders – Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale and the Co-op Bank – broke down in summer 2016.
New Earth was then acquired by Irish waste business PandaGreen – a company within the Panda Group. (see letsrecycle.com story)
In January, letsrecycle.com reported non-preferential creditors of New Earth Solutions Group could receive a dividend of between 4-8 pence for every pound invested. (see letsrecycle.com story)
Waste
“As a company we are committed to sending as little as possible to landfill and this new partnership with Suez helps us achieve this aim.”
Tracey Morgan
Bristol Waste Company
The city produces over 80,000 tonnes of domestic black bag waste a year in addition to the 50,000 tonnes of recycling collected from homes.
According to Suez, of that 30,000 tonnes, only 2% of this waste will end up in landfill with by-products of the energy recovery process being recycling in to materials for use in the construction industry.
Tracey Morgan, managing director of Bristol Waste said: “As a company we are committed to sending as little as possible to landfill and this new partnership with Suez helps us achieve this aim.
“We encourage our residents to recycle more and waste less. This new arrangement will also see us transporting the waste in our own vehicles which saves 1,300 articulated lorry journeys a year.”
SERC
David Palmer‐ Jones, chief executive of SUEZ recycling and recovery UK said: ‘We’re delighted to be working with the Bristol Waste Company to service the city’s residents.
“At the Severnside Energy Recovery Centre near Bristol, we will take waste that is left after residents have separated out their recycling and use it as a sustainable fuel, generating energy for the national grid.”
David Palmer-Jones
Suez
“At the Severnside Energy Recovery Centre (SERC) near Bristol, we will take waste that is left after residents have separated out their recycling and use it as a sustainable fuel, generating energy for the national grid.”
In December 2016, letsrecycle.com reported that Suez had begun operating the SERC in South Gloucestershire, after a three-year construction and commissioning programme. (see letsrecycle.com story)
According to Suez, the facility – which is one of nine energy recovery facilities operated by Suez in the UK – is consented to handle up to 400,000 tonnes of residual waste a year. It produces around 34 megawatts electricity for the national grid.
Bristol Waste
Bristol Waste Company also runs the two local household waste recycling centres in the city and has recently launched a commercial waste service offering local businesses recycling and waste solutions.
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Source: letsrecycle.com Waste Managment
