The city council is looking into a range of different composting solutions including the possible development of an in-vessel composting plant, a windrow composting facility and a separate cardboard recycling system.
” We are working with neighbouring authorities and the private sector to develop new local facilities that will be able to handle different kinds of waste “
– Simon Caplan, Bristol CC
The move comes as an expanded collection scheme for food waste was launched for all 150,000 households in the city last week (see letsrecycle.com story).
Simon Caplan, spokesman for Bristol city council said: “We are working with neighbouring authorities and the private sector to develop new local facilities that will be able to handle different kinds of waste in the most cost effective and environmentally friendly way.”
New Earth
Bristol is currently sending its food waste, garden waste and cardboard to the New Earth Solution in-vessel composting facility in Wimbourne, Dorset.
Peter Mills, contracts director at New Earth Solutions, said: “We are supplying information to Bristol which will help them arrive at specification to create the new system in terms of the types of waste and the size of the system. We are also giving them daily feedback on the incoming tonnage.”
New Earth is hoping to be one of the companies providing local facilities for Bristol to compost its organic household wastes – and has already procured land in the Bristol area.
Mr. Mills said: “We hope that when Bristol issues a contract to develop a new site nearer to the city, we will be able to help them develop a new enclosed facility if they chose this method.”
Good habits
Local residents have been in touch with local Bristol newspapers to express their disappointment over the newly expanded recycling and residual waste collection system. They have complained at being ordered to separate their kitchen waste, garden waste and cardboard, while collection operatives are putting the materials in the same vehicles all together.
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Mr Caplan explained to letsrecycle.com: “We are asking residents to get into good habits from the start by keeping these kinds of recyclable waste separate. Doing so will enable us to introduce new recycling systems for the different kinds of waste as soon as they become available.”
Bristol council has run a number of communication campaigns in the last six months to help the local residents understand the new system. It has advised concerned residents to call the Customer Services helpline for more information.
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