SUEZ has signed a £396 million, ten-year contract to operate and manage the Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park (MKWRP).
Since September 2023, SUEZ has delivered household collections and street cleansing for Milton Keynes City Council.
The MKWRP facility treats up to 133,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste each year from Milton Keynes and West Northamptonshire and creates power equivalent to that used by 10% of Milton Keynes’ homes.
SUEZ has also announced it has signed an interim contract to operate the NESS energy from waste facility in Aberdeen.
The NESS facility can process up to 150,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste each year, which feeds a Combined Heat and Power facility with the ability to provide up to 10 MWth of heat to support Aberdeen City Council’s district heat network.
SUEZ is also starting construction on a new anaerobic digestion plant near Ellington in Northumberland.
Once operational towards the end of 2027, SUEZ says the plant will be able to process up to 50,000 tonnes of food waste annually.
The company also announced that construction is underway on a new battery recycling plant for large-format lithium batteries, which are often used in electric cars and e-scooters.
This project relocates the existing facility in Luton, operated by SUEZ since December 2023, to larger premises in Northamptonshire, which SUEZ says will increase capacity to 22,000 tonnes per year.
Xavier Girre, CEO of SUEZ, commented: “These new contracts with long-term clients and the development of critical facilities illustrate our commitment to serve our clients at all stages of the waste value chain: from collection, sorting, recycling, to thermal treatment, anaerobic digestion and gasification of biowaste.”