Waste Scheme Participants Day for Rhondda Cynon Taff
December 2, 2008
A major new initiative to develop state-of-the-art facilities for recycling food waste and other residual waste in a beneficial and sustainable manner has now shortlisted contenders to develop the scheme.
A Participants Day has been held to brief companies interested in tendering for the joint project between Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Councils.
The project, named Tomorrow’s Valley/Cwm Yfory, will find the most attractive and affordable solution to manage waste in a sustainable manner. It will involve the creation of a new unit to treat food waste and the remaining waste left after recycling with Bryn Pica earmarked as a potential location for this project.
This will greatly reduce the amount of waste landfilled by both authorities and once again illustrates a firm commitment to increase the quantity of recycling and to improve the environment for the benefit of all its residents and visitors.
Without such schemes, local authorities may fail to reach stringent Welsh Assembly Government targets to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill. Failure to meet these targets will result in massive monetary fines emanating from Europe
Six shortlisted companies were invited to the Participants Day in Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr Tydfil and representatives from Biffa, Biogen/Greenfinch, Bioganix, Shanks, TEG and Waste Recycling Group and were given clarification of the procurement process currently ongoing.
The event was introduced by Keith Griffiths, the Chief Executive of Rhondda Cynon Taf Council who explained: “The fundamental aim is to move both our councils further down the road to identifying the partners and best solution for the treatment of our residual and food waste.
“I think I should highlight that this is the biggest contract our two councils have entered into, and we are expecting a high quality, imaginative response.”
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