Tayside Contracts, the commercial trading organisation of Angus, Dundee, Perth and Kinross councils, runs several inert landfills across Tayside. It has planning permission to build a new landfill and a recycling plant next to its existing quarry in Collace, near Perth.
Landfill
But the company has decided to scrap the landfill idea – in the short term at least – in favour of a new recycling centre.
Dave Gillis of Tayside Contracts said: “We have decided not to develop the landfill site for an indefinite period because as environmental regulations change, there is not the same need for a landfill.”
Tax
Local councillors have welcomed the news as demonstrating a commitment to sustainability. But Mr Gillis said the decision was not a reaction to any local protest. “It was a reaction to our own waste management strategy,” he said. “We feel there is no need to open another landfill now. We will be reusing the material to try to save on landfill tax and aggregate tax.”
The main role of the recycling facility will be to crush bituminous waste from roads and sell it back into the construction industry.
Construction of the new centre will start this summer. Mr Gillis said that when running at full capacity, it will process up to 30,000 tonnes per year.
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