MoreThanWaste.com - North Yorkshire decides on residual waste contract shortlist (07/02/2008)

Northallerton, N Yorks., England: The York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership has reduced the number of bidders for its residual waste contract under the PFI initiative, to four.

The contract is for the treatment of residual wastes – waste after recycling and composting materials have been removed - in the Partnership’s area, though no particular treatment technology has yet been chosen.

In August last year, the UK Government announced that £65 million in PFI credits had been awarded to the York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership to “improve” local waste management facilities in the region.

The waste partnership, consisting of the City of York Council and the North Yorkshire County Council, named the four bidders on the shortlist as:

A recycling centre in York - part of the City Council's integrated waste management infrastructure

an Amey/Cespa consortium – Cespa is the Spanish Ferrovial Group’s urban services and waste treatment subsidiary. Ferrovial says that it is the largest infrastructure group in the world in terms of earnings and has around 100,000 employees.
New Jersey, US based Covanta Energy is owner and operator of Energy-from-Waste and power generation projects internationally. The company’s energy-from-waste facilities convert municipal solid waste into renewable energy for communities, though mainly in the United States.
an Earthtec/Skanska consortium - Earth Tech Inc.is a business unit of Tyco International Ltd. The company is a global provider of consulting, engineering and construction services, and has been involved in award winning work on the Integrated Waste Management Facility in Western Isles, Scotland.
Skanska claims to be the third largest construction group in Europe.
Veolia – is a major player in UK waste management and provides integrated waste management solutions to local authorities and industry.

Low population density

North Yorkshire has particular problems related to its large land area – the largest County in England – and its low population density. This means that waste often has to be transported some distance to a treatment facility, currently mainly landfill sites.

Care will be needed in locating treatment facilities for residual wastes, particularly should only one or two facilities be provided thereby exacerbating the transport difficulties.

A spokesman for the North Yorkshire Waste Partnership said:

The contract is set out as a Private Public Partnership under the Private Finance Initiative. The successful contractors will be required to develop and operate waste facilities for the authority including the preparation, finalisation and submission of planning applications.


	North Yorkshire decides on residual waste contract shortlist (07/02/2008) Northallerton, N Yorks., England: The York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership has reduced the number of bidders for its residual waste contract under the PFI initiative, to four. The contract is for the treatment of residual wastes – waste after recycling and composting materials have been removed - in the Partnership’s area, though no particular treatment technology has yet been chosen. In August last year, the UK Government announced that £65 million in PFI credits had been awarded to the York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership to “improve” local waste management facilities in the region. The waste partnership, consisting of the City of York Council and the North Yorkshire County Council, named the four bidders on the shortlist as: A recycling centre in York - part of the City Council's integrated waste management infrastructure an Amey/Cespa consortium – Cespa is the Spanish Ferrovial Group’s urban services and waste treatment subsidiary. Ferrovial says that it is the largest infrastructure group in the world in terms of earnings and has around 100,000 employees. New Jersey, US based Covanta Energy is owner and operator of Energy-from-Waste and power generation projects internationally. The company’s energy-from-waste facilities convert municipal solid waste into renewable energy for communities, though mainly in the United States. an Earthtec/Skanska consortium - Earth Tech Inc.is a business unit of Tyco International Ltd. The company is a global provider of consulting, engineering and construction services, and has been involved in award winning work on the Integrated Waste Management Facility in Western Isles, Scotland. Skanska claims to be the third largest construction group in Europe. Veolia – is a major player in UK waste management and provides integrated waste management solutions to local authorities and industry. Low population density North Yorkshire has particular problems related to its large land area – the largest County in England – and its low population density. This means that waste often has to be transported some distance to a treatment facility, currently mainly landfill sites. Care will be needed in locating treatment facilities for residual wastes, particularly should only one or two facilities be provided thereby exacerbating the transport difficulties. A spokesman for the North Yorkshire Waste Partnership said: The contract is set out as a Private Public Partnership under the Private Finance Initiative. The successful contractors will be required to develop and operate waste facilities for the authority including the preparation, finalisation and submission of planning applications.