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Aberdeen opens new £27million recycling plant
A £27 million recycling and resource facility which recycles waste from Aberdeen has officially opened by Aberdeen City Council co-leader Jenny Laing.
The Altens East site is Scotland’s newest, and most advanced, materials recycling facility. Mixed recyclables collected from homes and businesses are sorted there before being sold as high-quality materials for reprocessing.
The site is capable of processing 20 tonnes of mixed recycling an hour, including glass, cardboard, paper, plastics and metal. It is part of Aberdeen City Council’s Zero Waste project aimed at increasing recycling rates and reducing the amount of waste that goes into landfill.
The recycling and resource facility was developed by SUEZ recycling and recovery on behalf of Aberdeen City Council. It diverts 71,000 tonnes of Aberdeen’s waste from landfill every year, helping the city to meet the government’s recycling and recovery targets and saving residents in the region of £6 million in landfill tax per year.
The latest recycling rates since the roll out of a new recycling-priority bin in March shows 49 per cent of the city’s waste is now being recycled - a 25 per cent increase on the 2016 figure.
David Palmer-Jones, chief executive officer of SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, said: “This state-of-the-art facility is the first of its kind in Scotland and SUEZ recycling and recovery UK is delighted to be working in partnership with Aberdeen City Council in creating a society where there is no more waste.
“The facility has created almost 50 jobs for local residents and we are looking forward to further deepening our relationship with the local community.”
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