WRG makes HWRC contract gains

On December 1, the Spanish-owned waste management company was awarded a 10.5 million contract to manage two household waste recycling centres and a small waste transfer station with Neath Port Talbot county borough council in South Wales.

The contract begins in April 2012 and will see WRG take over management of sites in Cymmer and Briton Ferry from current contractor, Environmental Waste Controls (EWC) Ltd. WRG already runs a HWRC on behalf of the council and was chosen over fellow bidder EWC as it achieved the higher overall price/quality score.

WRG has also been recently awarded a 11 million contract by Warwickshire county council to develop a modern household waste recycling centre to serve Nuneaton and Bedworth.

This 15-year contract, with a five-year extension option, will see WRG design, build and operate the recycling centre on a brownfield site on the outskirts of Nuneaton town centre adjoining the existing Judkins recycling centre which has served the borough since 1991.

The new centre is due to be opened in 2014/15 and will save the county council around 175,000 a year in disposal costs and landfill tax. The site design and build will be managed by WRG and Judkins will remain open throughout the construction of the new centre.

Subject to necessary planning consent, the new split-level site will incorporate a purpose-built re-use shop which to be operated by Nuneaton-based reuse charity, 2nd Chance.

Business

Were currently managing more than 84 HWRCs on behalf of 17 local authorities across the UK and in the last 6 months alone, weve secured new business from 3 local authorities to manage an additional, 12 centres, said WRGs group commercial manager, Gordon Fergus.

Cost effectiveness is important but its clear that quality services and a flexible response to new regulations and recycling markets are proving equally compelling for our clients as part of the tendering process.

Gordon continued: Our ability to exceed targeted recycling rates and environmental performance standards, and sustain high rates of customer satisfaction will be key to helping the business develop further new business opportunities.

WRG is part of FCC, the international infrastructure, environmental services and energy group. FCCs operations in the UK are focused on the collection, recycling and treatment of waste to extract maximum value in the form of resources or renewable energy.