Consultation on Recycling, Biogas & Gasification & Plant in Glasgow

7 June 2012 Waste and recycling company, Viridor is seeking feedback from around 16,000 residents regarding its proposed £154 million Glasgow Recycling and Renewable Energy Centre (GRREC). According to Viridor - a part of the Pennon Group (LSE: PNN) - the first priority of the facility will be to boost recycling from household waste in a state-of-the-art Smart Materials Recycling Facility (S-MRF). The facility will also tackle food and organic waste, removing it from the waste stream for conversion into biogas through anaerobic digestion. Finally, the facility is planned to divert what can't be recycled from landfill in an 'advanced conversion facility'. This facility will use a gasification process to treat the residual waste and recover energy for local use. The company said that the process will heat the waste, producing a synthetic gas which is controlled and converted to provide enough energy to heat and power around 22,000 homes - saving Glasgow 28,000 tonnes of CO2 every year. Viridor claimed that over the span of its 25 year contract, the project will deliver a cost saving to the city of £254 million and save the equivalent of 90,000 tonnes of CO2 every yea. Consultation According to the Viridor, residents in the G42 postcode area received newsletters outlining details of a 12 week public consultation programme on plans for a new, state-of-the-art recycling and sustainable waste management facility at Glasgow City Council's long established waste treatment plant at Polmadie. Viridor said that the newsletter outlines how the new facility will radically overhaul the way the city's household waste will be managed over the next 25 years. The document describes how the plant will handle 200,000 tonnes of council green bin residual waste every year - which currently goes to landfill. In the newsletter, Viridor said that it has explained to residents how, in combination with city wide blue, brown and purple bin recycling, the GRREC will divert 90% of green bin residual waste away from landfill. Residents were told that this will save millions of pounds, release recyclable resources from household waste and produce valuable heat and power from what will be one of the most advanced waste management facilities in Europe. The consultation newsletter was the first in a series of four that Viridor said will be produced and delivered to south side residents during the 12-week consultation by Viridor, which said that it is working in partnership with Glasgow City Council on the citywide project. "We understand that local people want to know more on the redevelopment of the long-established Polmadie site and our first newsletter is a start in that process," explained Steven Don, Scottish regional manager for Viridor. "As such we look forward to working with the local community, to hearing their views and to welcoming them to the public consultation events in June," he added. Read More Preferred Bidder for Glasgow AD, Gasification and MBT Facility Viridor has been awarded preferred bidder status by Glasgow City Council to develop a 200,000 tonne Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) , Anaerobic Digestion (AD) and gasification facility in Polmadie, Glasgow. Viridor Seeks Public Opinions on Waste to Energy Project in London Viridor is seeking views from residents and interested parties across the four London Boroughs of Sutton, Croydon, Merton and Kingston about proposals to develop a waste to energy facility to treat the area's residual waste. New Food Waste AD and MRF Facilities for Glasgow A 60,000 tonne per annum anaerobic digestion facility has been opened in Cumbernauld, Glasgow, by international waste management company, Shanks. Free Magazine Subscription Free Email Newsletter