Milton Keynes MRF back up and running

Run by Community Waste, the MRF will be working with a possible capacity of 125,000 tonnes per annum, up from the 75,000 tonne capacity held before the fire.

” The plant is now up and running at full strength again “
– Richard Cutts, Community Waste
New machinery has been brought in from German company Stadler in order to achieve the increased capacity. The plant takes plastic, cans and paper from households in Milton Keynes and some neighbouring authorities.

Last week saw the Community Waste fine tuning and testing the facility's conveyor speed and checking product contamination. On Monday of this week the first loads were put through the plant, while waste from Milton Keynes council is once again being delivered to the site.

Richard Cutts, director at Community Waste, told letsrecycle.com: “The plant is now up and running at full strength again. The plant is currently running on two shifts, around 100,000 tonnes per annum. It is possible to reach 125,000 tonnes per annum with a third shift, if we have the need to do so.”

Mr Cutts also said that the company was looking to bring in further waste from other local authorities, although no contracts had been arranged yet.

Contract

The director of Community Waste has said that the company are looking to carry on looking after the facility when the contract runs out in 2007. Milton Keynes' waste contracts simultaneously come to an end at the end of 2007 and the local authority recently ran a consultation day with the industry to determine how to move forward with a new contract or contracts.

Mr Cutts said that Community Waste would be prepared to work alongside another company as part of an integrated contract.

He said: “With collection and processing there are definite synergies, so we would be interested in a strategic partnership where appropriate. We would be open to at least discussing all possibilities.”