TIRU, part of the French waste management company PAPREC, currently operates two EfW plants at Grimsby and Exeter and 18 further facilities across Europe, which range in scale from 3 MW to 200 MW.
The Binn Eco Park, plans for which were approved by Perth and Kinross council in 2020, will be TIRU’s first EfW contract in Scotland.
TIRU will also supply the technology for the 8 MW facility, which will handle up to 85,000 tonnes of residual waste each year.
Binn Group says the EfW project will create more than 200 jobs during the construction phase and 30 long-term skilled posts once operational, “hopefully by late 2024”.
Allan MacGregor, Binn Group’s CEO, said the facility would provide necessary infrastructure for commercial operators needing to divert their residual waste from landfill.
“It also offers a local solution to nearby municipal authorities,” he said. “We are excited at the role the facility will play in securing growth of Binn Group, whilst supporting inward investment and economic regeneration for the Perthshire economy.
“We believe PAPREC, TIRU, and Iona Capital bring an experienced team with tried and tested technology and multi-site operational and financing experience to help Binn Group provide a cleaner solution for non-recyclable waste.”
Perth
Waste management company Binn Group will act as primary feedstock suppliers for the plant, which will be developed as part of the 200-acre Binn Eco Park site.
A variety of “low-carbon energy solutions” are to be developed at the site, including EfW, wind power, and solar power.
The EfW facility will provide additional low carbon energy to a local private electricity grid, “helping to drive clean technology development at the Binn Eco Park”.
The private grid will also enable the export of low-carbon energy to local businesses and other facilities.
Other plans for the Binn Eco Park include advanced horticulture systems to support short food miles supply chain development, “advanced circular economy recycling systems”, and a clean technology training and R&D centre, which will all benefit from low carbon heat produced by the on-site EfW facility.
Plastics facility
The Binn Eco Park is also the proposed site for an advanced plastics recycling facility, which was granted £5.2 million in the £300 million Tay Cities Deal and will use technology from chemical recyclers Recycling Technologies (see letsrecycle.com story).
Binn Group intends to develop the Binn Eco Park as a key component of the transition to a low carbon Tayside economy
– Allan MacGregor, Binn Group’s CEO
Binn Group says the facility will allow it to offer its customers ‘all in one bin’ collection systems for industrial, commercial, and municipal plastics, helping them to improve their recycling performance while reducing the plastic content of residual wastes entering the EfW plant.
“No-one should be in any doubt about the environmental challenges facing us all,” Mr MacGregor added. “Binn Group intends to develop the Binn Eco Park as a key component of the transition to a low carbon Tayside economy, create jobs, and support our local communities.”
TIRU
TIRU operates the 60,000 tonnes per year capacity EfW plant in Exeter, which opened in 2014, on behalf of Viridor (see letsrecycle.com story).
The French company also operates the 56,000 tonnes per year capacity Newlincs EfW facility in Grimsby, planning permission for which was granted in 2001 (see letsrecycle.com story).
It is thought that with fellow French EW contractor CNIM having gone into administration earlier this year, TIRU may now try to expand its presence across the UK.
However, John Ferguson, head of strategy at the Binn Eco Park, told letsrecycle.com that Binn Group’s decision to develop the Perth facility with TIRU was nothing to do with CNIM going into administration.
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