Wyvern Waste, the company that runs the site near Castle Gray, has started building the 1 million facility which will be able to process organic materials – including food and kitchen waste – into compost.
” This is a state-of-the-art composting which means we can process a wider range of materials including food wastes. “
– Pete Daniels, Wyvern
The facility will mean composting takes place in a covered area, complete with a retractable roof and forced air system to minimise odours in the surrounding environment.
The site is expected to be up and running by May this year, and Wyvern plans to take in waste covered by the Animal By-Products Regulation from both domestic and commercial sources.
The design of the plant was approved by the Environment Agency, which has issued a waste management operating licence for the facility. Wyvern said the licence places strict conditions on the operation and maintenance of the plant.
Neighbours
Peter Daniel, from Wyvern, said: “This is a state-of-the-art composting which means we can process a wider range of materials including food wastes. We are very keen to make sure we are a good neighbour in Dimmer, if people living nearby have any concerns we would be happy to talk to them.”
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The new in-vessel composting will be built in stages, and initially will be processing about 10,000 tonnes of material a year before being expanded to process about 20,000 tonnes of organics each year. Local authorities in Somerset started rolling out food waste collections in the autumn 2004, with Wyvern currently reporting high levels of public participation in the first areas
Wyvern is also hoping to build an anaerobic digestion plant on the Dimmer site, anticipating work beginning in two to three years' time.
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