Morrison Construction is continuing work on a £27 million mixed recycling facility in Aberdeen.

Council Leader Jenny Laing visited the site last month to view progress on the project, which is due to begin operations in summer 2017.

The plant, which is being developed by SUEZ recycling and recovery on behalf of the city council, will eventually divert 71,000 tonnes of waste from landfill every year.

The three-storey centre will comprise of a Materials Recycling Facility where mixed recyclables, collected from homes and businesses, will be sorted before being forwarded on for re-processing, and a Refuse Derived Fuel Facility which will process residual waste to extract metals. Any remaining material will then be securely baled prior to onward transfer out of the area, where it will be diverted from landfill and put to better use in the recovery of energy.


In addition, the facility will have an Energy Efficiency ‘A' rating including solar panels on the building roof and LED lights. Other features include recovering energy through site processing operations to provide renewable heat and power to the site.

Up to 65 people have been employed on the project during its construction. A further 40 permanent jobs will be created once the development is completed.

Work will begin later this month to install equipment to process Aberdeen's waste and recycling. Following this 16-week phase, a period of commissioning will take place to calibrate the plant and ensure it is working correctly.

Once testing is complete, SUEZ will fully take over the operation of the new facility in summer of 2017.



(LM)