The in-vessel composting (IVC) facility at the company's Waterbeach Waste Management Park, north of Cambridge, will be used to treat up to 75,000 tonnes-a-year of mixed kitchen and garden waste collected at the kerbside from Cambridgeshire's households.
Mark Davenport, managing director for Donarbon said he was pleased with the progress the company had made in delivering facilities under the PFI contract, which was signed in April 2008 (see letsrecycle.com story).
He added: “We have been impressed with the operation of our existing Wasteology in-vessel plant and this new composting facility will ensure that green waste is properly treated so that the county councils meets all its landfill diversion and recycling targets.”
In May 2009, Donarbon revealed that it was well ahead of schedule with plans for the mechanical biological treatment facility which will form the centrepiece of the PFI deal to come online next month (see letsrecycle.com story).
Councillor Tony Orgee, Cambridgeshire's cabinet member for economy and the environment, praised the part the county's residents had played in improving its recycling rate.
And, he said the new IVC facility was a “fantastic addition to the waste facilities we are building over the coming years and will further improve our performance nationally.”
The new plant will take all the green and food waste collected from the Cambridge city, East and South Cambridgeshire and Fenland district councils immediately, followed by Huntingdonshire next year.
It has been built to take account of the predicted 100,000 increase in the county's population over the course of the PFI contract.
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