Interserve to build recycling and renewable energy centre in UK

Viridor has selected Interserve for a contract worth £146m to engineer, procure, and construct a recycling and renewable energy centre in Scotland.

Interserve will construct the recycling and renewable energy centre at the Glasgow City Council’s site in the south of the city.

The facility will be designed to process the residual municipal waste between 175,000 and 200,000 tonnes every year, prevent almost 90% of the waste going to landfill, and generate around 15MW of electricity.

The company will use the latest waste treatment and gasification technology and incorporate advanced facilities for the recycling and anaerobic digestion of the waste.

Interserve chief executive Adrian Ringrose said from an environmental standpoint it’s vital to find new ways of reducing the impact of the waste generated in the cities.

"This facility will make a real difference to Glasgow and the surrounding area and we are proud to be involved," Ringrose added.

"It’s a major infrastructure project and we shall be enhancing its sustainability both through the integration of advanced waste-processing technologies and through the use of local businesses in the building of the facility."

The company will start the construction work in the second quarter of 2013 and complete the project in early 2016 once Viridor secures planning permission.

The Glasgow City Council selected Viridor for a 25-year design, build, finance and operate contract to recycle and treat the city’s residual municipal waste.

UK based Interserve is a support services and construction group, where as Viridor is a recycling, renewable energy and waste management company.