WASTE RECYCLING
Waste management company will be supplying the national grid
A North Yorkshire based waste management company is set to supply energy to the national grid through gas captured at an old landfill site. Todd Waste Management installed a gas turbine at the site in East Knapton, Malton to capture methane from the landfill gas activity and turn it into renewable energy for the national grid - ultimately supplying electricity for local houses. Twenty bore holes were drilled into the capped landfill site, with surface gas wells taking the gas to an on-site generation plant. The energy produced will enter the national grid, 1.5 miles away from the site.
Managing Director of Todd Waste Management, Richard Todd, said: ‘The East Knapton landfill site is coming towards closure, which is why we took the steps to install the gas system. As we now divert our waste from landfill through recycling and the use of energy from waste facilities, landfill as a waste disposal option has become outdated.” “As the waste degrades, methane gas will be released which is 8 times more damaging to the environment than carbon dioxide. By installing the gas turbine, the methane will be
n Weighbridge Operator Hollie Atkinson and Site Manager Ged Denny
captured and go onto the national grid as green energy. “We expect the generation plant to run for 15 years.’
The capped landfill site will be restored by being planted with willow coppice and miscanthus grass, which will be cultivated to be used as biomass fuel.
FCC Environment sign a new deal
Following a competitive tender process, FCC Environment has been confirmed by Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council as its’ preferred supplier for refuse, recycling and street cleansing throughout the Borough.
The contract will commence on 1st April 2017 for seven years, and will see approximately £2 million invested to deliver and improve services in the area.
Barrow-in-Furness is one of six district
councils in Cumbria, consisting of the large coastal town of Barrow-in-Furness, the small market town of Dalton-in- Furness and the parishes of Askam and Ireleth and Lindal and Marton with an area of 7,796 hectares.
The Borough is more urban in nature than the other districts in Cumbria, with over 90% of residents living in wards classified as urban. It contains approximately 33,500 dwellings, many of which are of traditional
terraced types with wide back streets.
It is the Council’s intention to offer a weekly residual kerbside collection and a fortnightly dry recyclate collection.
FCC Environment Regional Director Stuart Mander commented: “FCC Environment has a growing reputation for service excellence across refuse, recycling and street cleansing services, whilst delivering cost efficient operations to support Authorities.”
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