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Cambridgeshire MBT “well ahead
of schedule”
An MBT facility which is set to treat all of Cambridgeshire's
residual waste is on track to become operational after just
a year and a half of work on site. Local waste management
firm Donarbon expects the plant, which forms the centrepiece
of its £730 million PFI contract with Cambridgeshire
county council, will come online in November 2009.
Work on the facility at Donarbon's waste management park
in Waterbeach, north of Cambridge, started just a month after
the contract was agreed in March 2008 and has been led by
principal contractor, civil engineering firm BAM Nuttall.
Nick Balmer, business development manager for waste at BAM
Nuttall, said: "This has been much quicker than other
similar projects and we are well ahead of schedule. We have
come and hit the ground running."
At the Waterbeach site, Donarbon and BAM Nuttall have already
installed mechanical sorting equipment from German company
Komptech which will remove recyclables from the waste. A giant
Compost Turning Machine, from Austrian specialist Kelag, has
also been included to help break the organic fraction of the
waste down in a separate composting hall.
The process is expected to reduce the volume of the waste
by 25% through the material extraction and a further 25-30%
through the composting process - leaving behind a compost-like
output. Subject to accreditation from the Environment Agency,
Donarbon hopes to use the material in land restoration or
to grow energy crops.
The process is also expected to reduce the biodegradability
of the waste by 70% - helping Cambridgeshire to meet its landfill
diversion targets. Altogether, the facility will handle up
to 179,000 tonnes of waste a year - allowing for population
growth in Cambridgeshire and the possibility of taking waste
from neighbouring local authorities in its early years.
Mark Shelton, waste promotions manager at Donarbon, said:
"We have been approached by Suffolk and Norfolk and Peterborough
to see if we can take some of their waste in the first few
years. We have had to factor in the extra capacity and if
the extra can be sold there is a profit sharing agreement
with all parties involved."
Article courtesy of www.letsrecycle.com
- 07/05/2009
Further Info
Peter Bishop - Head of Public Relations & Corporate Communication
BAM Nuttall Limited
St James House, Knoll Road, Camberley,
Surrey GU15 3XW
Tel: 01276 63484
Fax:01276 66060
peter.bishop@bamnuttall.co.uk
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