The planned extension to the plant will not actually increase its 50,000 tonne annual capacity, but will give the company more flexibility to treat mixed municipal waste or source-separated food waste and garden waste simultaneously.
 The expansion to the plant is to provide more space for receiving and preparing different waste streams |
The facility is being expanded by 2,100 square metres, to give more floor space for waste reception and preparation.
New Earth Solutions director of planning Ted Bleszynski explained: “We are seeing a demand for separate contracts from neighbouring local authorities who are sharing the facility at Canford. New Earth technology is specifically designed to enable modular expansion of capacity and has built-in flexibility to process both residual household and source segregated organics simultaneously.
Adapt
“Consequently we can adapt our services to meet local authority contract requirements and inevitable changes in the waste flow as they evolve over time,” Mr Bleszynski added.
New Earth has won five contracts with separate local authorities in the last 10 months to process organic waste from households.
Its process uses mechanical separation processes to remove recyclable materials like metal from mixed waste, and enclosed composting to break down organic fractions. According to consultants at the Organic Resource Agency, the process can divert over 80% of the biodegradable content of mixed waste from landfill.
The company, a sister firm to Canford waste firm WH White plc, has also invested over 500,000 in new emissions treatment technology, including wet scrubbers and bio-filters, which it says is one of the “largest and most comprehensive” such facilities in the UK.
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