The four-year contract will see the waste firm provide refuse and recycling services to 355 premises including offices, depots, schools, libraries and day care centres on behalf of South Lanarkshire council.
Viridor will be also be expected to manage food waste collection and treatment alongside handling commingled recyclables and residual waste.
Recyclables will be sent to the firm’s Bargeddie materials recycling facility (MRF), where 30,000 tonnes of municipal plastics, paper, card and cans are already processed on behalf of North Lanarkshire council (see letsrecycle.com story).
The material, combined with recycling from North Lanarkshire, Aberdeenshire, Midlothain and Highland is tagged and transported for further processing at Viridor’s network facilities before re-entering the secondary raw materials marketplace.
Any residual waste collected will in the short-term be sent to Viridor’s Rigmuir landfill site near Glasgow. Viridor will transport this material to either the £177 million Energy Recovery Facility in East Lothian or the £154 million Glasgow Recycling & Renewable Energy Centre (GRREC) when the facilities are completed.
Energen
Meanwhile, food waste will be sent to a Cumbernauld-based anaerobic digestion facility, which was opened under a joint venture between Shanks and Energen Biogas in 2011 with the capacity to treat 60,000 tonnes of food waste per year.
The South Lanarkshire deal, which has an option for a two-year extension, retains the service which Viridor has provided on behalf of the local authority since 2001.
The renewal will secure 20 local jobs as well as support the 150 employees who work at Viridor sites across Lanarkshire.
Steven Don, Scottish regional manager for Viridor, said: “With a firm focus on giving the world’s resources new life, the reconfirmation of this important partnership between Viridor and South Lanarkshire Council is great news.
“Not only will it transform waste across the authority’s estate, it will ensure that 355 council offices and depots, schools, libraries, day care and community centres meet the requirements of the Scottish Government’s ambitious zero waste agenda.”
He added: “Our offer to the council was one based on value, service, compliance, continued investment in Lanarkshire and associated community benefits. We look forward to continuing to transform waste for South Lanarkshire in the time ahead.”
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