Enva wins disposal deal with Ayrshire councils

The deal begins on 1 May and runs until 30 April 2024, with an option to extend it to 1 December 2024.

According to a contract award notice published on 9 April, the contract has been broken into two lots, one for each council.

A spokesperson for the councils told letsrecycle.com that Enva was “the winning tenderer after evaluation of the price and quality submission following a fully compliant procurement process.”

Barr Environmental previously treated and disposed of residual waste for the Ayrshire councils under a deal which began in May 2013 and ends as Enva’s contract begins.

Enva will send the waste to landfill in May and June, the spokesperson said, after which time the material will be turned into refuse derived fuel.

Four companies tendered for the contract, two of which were SMEs.

Letsrecycle.com contacted Enva Scotland for comment.

Ayrshire

For East Ayrshire, the council guarantees Enva a minimum of 20,000 tonnes of residual waste each year, although it says the current annual tonnage is approximately 35,000 tonnes.

Representing an estimated population of more than 120,000, East Ayrshire council had a household waste recycling rate of 41.1% in 2020.

East Ayrshire collects residents’ residual waste from the kerbside on a three-weekly cycle.

South Ayrshire council currently produces 28,000 tonnes a year and also guarantees Enva 20,000 tonnes per annum.

South Ayrshire council represents an estimated population of more than 110,000 and had a recycling rate of 55.3% in 2020.