Hadfield has been working with Veolia in Essex since 2008, but after re-tendering for the contract the company announced yesterday (September 10) that it has now secured a four-year deal to recycle waste wood from the county’s household waste and recycling centres (HWRCs).
Veolia operates the HWRCs under a £115 million, eight year contract with the county council (see letsrecycle.com story).
According to Hadfield, the contract is “one of the UK’s biggest waste wood contracts” and follows the company’s recent announcement that it is investing £2 million in its existing facilities at Tilbury in Essex, with plans to open a bigger site later this year.
The company also operates facilities at Droylsden in Manchester and on Teesside in Middlesbrough, recycling waste wood into products such as animal bedding, feedstock for panelboard, biomass fuel and equestrian surfaces and play areas. In total, the company recovers around 250,000 tonnes of waste wood each year.
Vicki Hughes, group business development director for Hadfield Wood Recyclers, said: “We’re thrilled to be able to continue to work with Veolia Environmental Services and Essex county council.
“We have shown a commitment to Essex and expanded our existing facilities by moving to a bigger site, which we are due to officially open later this year. The new site will see us able to increase our local work force over the next few years.
“Securing this contract with Veolia is the icing on the cake for us and means the residents of Essex know the waste wood they bring to the county council’s recycling centres for household waste is going to be reprocessed into products rather than sent to landfill.”
The company has held the contract with GMWDA since 2004 and is currently expanding its Manchester site by six acres to allow it to grow further.
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