The Norwegian company will transport and recover 33,000 tonnes of residual waste, made up of commercial and household waste, from Swansea every year, after its contract with the Welsh council began on 1 February.
The waste will be collected from Swansea’s Ferryboat Close depot and transported to Covanta’s Rookery South plant, which began operations earlier this year (see letsrecycle.com story).
Still, Geminor is committed to the export markets in the future
- James Maiden, Geminor
Balance
James Maiden, country manager at Geminor, said: “From the annual volume of approximately 500,000 tonnes of fuels that we are forecasting to handle in 2022, we expect that around 250,000 tonnes will be supplied to EfW facilities within the UK.
“Still, Geminor is committed to the export markets in the future and we work hard to maintain our position as the leading exporter of fuels from England, with approximately 15% of the total market.”
He added: “We are delighted to have been selected by Swansea and are looking forward to working with the team at Swansea Council over the coming years.
“This win further increases the number of direct local authority contracts operated by Geminor, and demonstrates our ambition to increase our presence in the UK recycling and recovery market.”
Domestic
Geminor started supplying waste into the UK domestic market in 2016 and has currently contracted deliveries into six UK plants. The company said deliveries to the domestic market are set to increase further in the coming months.
The company added that all Geminor national businesses have a “strategic goal to be active in import, export, and the sourcing and supply of fuels to their respective domestic markets”.
With this new contract signed, Geminor UK will in 2022 move towards a position of “balance” between its exports and the volume of material it supplies into the domestic market, the company says.
Report
The announcement on the Swansea deal from Geminor today comes a week after it published its company report for 2021, in which it said it wishes to balance export and domestic waste.
Traditionally Geminor focused on the export of alternative fuels (RDF and SRF) to and within Scandinavia but has now expanded into a range of material streams.
On the supply front its contracts range from south west England to Scotland. It has an agreement to feed the moving grate energy from waste plant in Bridgewater, Somerset. Although this has been delayed it is due to start commissioning this spring.
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