The five are: collector and reprocessor Berryman, waste mangement firm Cory Environmental, Day Aggregates, consultants Enviros and packaging waste compliance scheme Valpak.
The organisation has 5.4 million of single regeneration budget funding to develop markets for recyclable materials and this includes setting up three eco-industrial sites for glass, paper and organics in the Thames Gateway area of east London. Together with public and private investment London Remade hopes to facilitate 15-20 million of private sector investment in recycling infrastructure in London.
London Remade carried out a competitive tendering process for the contract and the consortium will deal with all the material from London Remade's glass eco-industrial site. The contact and funding will be finalised next month but it should see 75,000 tonnes of glass going into different markets in the next three years. Two glass eco-industrial areas will be set up in Charlton and Dagenham.
The details of the proposal have yet to be finalised but Valpak and Berrymans will look at collecting more glass from commercial and domestic waste stream and Cory Environmental will work with Day Aggregate to supply glass by barge to its plant in Charlton.
Five bidders
Hugh Carr-Harris, chief executive of London Remade, said: “We had five strong consortia covering all main groups in London. We sat down with each one and looked at the strengths and weaknesses in their proposals and said that they should look at working together. We now have a group of companies that don't normally work together and the consortium will be stronger because of this.”
He added: “It is a powerful group and I am really excited about the consortium which covers the whole supply chain. We need to work with the whole chain to optimise recycling and to develop markets. The group will build new markets and new technologies that will enable the recycled products to be sold back into London. The project will also create training and new jobs. It is good news for investment in infrastructure in London.”
London Remade has already started work on its organics site at Cleanaway’s site in Havering, east London as each eco-industrial area will have a private sector company as the lead partner to commercially drive the project.
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