Viridor has won a contract worth £20 million from East Sussex County Council to process around 50,000 tonnes of dry mixed recyclables per annum. Viridor will receive the county’s kerbside recyclables, including paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, aluminium cans, steel cans and glass from all five districts and boroughs for sorting and onward sale into the recycling markets.
Simon Prior, Viridor’s Head of Local Authority Development, said: “Our internal Bid and Development Team’s submitted a high-quality bid and we are delighted to be awarded the contract to continue our work with East Sussex directly.
“Processing the county’s high quality recyclables provide high quality resources to support the growing circular economy. In addition, our social value proposition provides the opportunity for local environmental-based projects to apply for grants from a new joint East Sussex-Viridor board.”
The contract will run for up to seven years from 29 June 2019. The recycling contract runs through to June 2022 with an option to extend for two further periods of 24 months.
The materials will be sorted at Viridor’s Crayford Materials Recycling Facility with the plastics collected continuing its onward processing journey to the company’s specialist recycling plants.
Rupert Clubb, East Sussex County Council Director of Communities, Economy and Transport, said: “We’re pleased to be joining forces with a company that has a proven track record of working with local authorities to process recyclables. Along with our colleagues in local district and borough councils, we look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with Viridor, working to continue to ensure as much of the county’s waste as possible is recycled.”
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