TEG announced this time last year that it was to work with Banham Poultry Ltd on the project (see letsrecycle.com story), but difficulties in securing planning permission has seen a revision of the proposals.
 The new Banham plant will use the same Silo Cage technology as TEG's plant in Preston |
The new facility will be moved to a different site, Banham's Carleton Rode site in Bunwell, where planning permission has now been granted.
Because of the changed location, the original design has been slightly reduced in size, and will have a capacity to treat about 28,000 tonnes of mainly chicken and other food industry waste streams.
Preston-based TEG will be manufacturing and installing plant, with Banham managing the civil engineering separately. The new plant is expected to be operational by the end of this year.
“Endorsement”
TEG chief executive Mick Fishwick said: “This latest contract is a further terrific endorsement of TEG’s technology and we look forward to opening the plant later this year.”
The Banham plant will include two banks of 24 “silo cages” – chambers in which organic wastes are composted over a 14-day period. The system, which complies with animal by-product treatment regulations, does produce a soil conditioning compost as an end product, but TEG said the economics of its system are “driven by the gate fees charged, rather than the value of the end product”.
TEG now has two plants up and running in the UK – at its base in Lancashire and near Perth, Scotland – along with a facility in Ireland. The company also has four plants under development.
Mr Fishwick said: “We are building a truly national business and with the market continuing its rapid growth, we look forward to developing more facilities and further rapid expansion.”
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