The company, which has its headquarters in Drolysden in East Manchester, has already collected waste wood from civic amenity sites across Greater Manchester for more than five years under a deal with Greater Manchester Waste Ltd.
Commenting on the new arrangementl, the company's managing director, Geoff Hadfield, said: “This is a fantastic contract for us. We have a long and successful history of working with Greater Manchester Waste Ltd and we are therefore delighted that we can continue that with Viridor.”
Hadfield Wood Recyclers had to re-tender for the contract after Greater Manchester Waste Ltd was purchased from the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority by Viridor as part of the PFI deal when it was signed in April 2009 (see letsrecycle.com story) and was re-christened Viridor Waste (Greater Manchester) Ltd.
Viridor's North regional director, Mark Burrows Smith, said: “Viridor are delighted to secure this contract with Hadfield's which will not only see the continuation of past success but guarantee 100% recycling of wood waste from the Greater Manchester region.”
Hadfield currently recycles waste wood into over 20 products, as well as sending recovered wood chip via its sister company UK Wood Recycling to the Wilton biomass power station near Middlesbrough.
Commenting on where the wood from the Greater Manchester deal would be sent, the company's spokeswoman said “the majority of wood won't be going into biomass, the majority will go to animal bedding and our other products”.
The spokeswoman was unable to reveal the value of the new deal.
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