Waste Recycling Group signs billion-dollar contract

In the UK, a £600 million (US$1.14 billion) waste contract aimed at further reducing reliance on landfill while boosting recycling rates has been signed by three local authorities and Waste Recycling Group (WRG).
The 25-year Private Finance Initiative between Reading Borough Council, Bracknell Forest Borough Council and Wokingham District Council – known as the Re3 Waste Partnership – is designed to establish a long-term, sustainable solution to dealing with waste produced by households in the three council areas. The partnership was established following consultation with local people and communities in all three local authority areas.
The contract with WRG will see new waste management facilities constructed in Reading and Bracknell: the former will feature a redeveloped indoor civic amenity site, a recycling plant and a waste transfer station; while the latter will include an improved civic amenity site and waste transfer facility. The contract will include greater capacity for the recycling and composting of green waste and for energy from waste.
WRG’s Chief Executive Jim Meredith comments: ’We were delighted when we were selected to help deliver a robust and sustainable waste management strategy through this inspirational partnership of the three local authorities. Now we are looking forward to getting to work in order to meet and exceed the ambitious recycling and landfill diversion targets that the people of Reading, Bracknell Forest and Wokingham have set themselves.’€™
WRG is one of the UK’€™s leading waste management and energy recovery companies. The company handles around 13 million tonnes of household, commercial and industrial waste each year. It operates facilities for the reception, recycling and disposal of waste, including a network of waste transfer and recycling centres as well as regional landfill sites. WRG manages approaching 70 civic amenity sites on behalf of local authorities.