Tuesday, 28 April 2015

Biffa gets Epping Forest’s £50 million waste contract


Biffa gets Epping Forest’s £50 million waste contract

Epping Forest District Council has awarded a £50 million waste and recycling contract to Biffa Group Ltd.
The council is one of UK’s top recycling authorities, stands 14 in Defra’s 2012-13 local authority recycling league table, expects the 10-year contract award will facilitate increase its recycling rates from the existing rate of 58.8%.

Biffa will replace SITA UK from November this year. Nine local authorities expanded and rolled over their contracts with the firm this year.Tender Over their remaining terms the extensions are worth around £190 million.

In 2013, around 51,500 tonnes of domestic waste were gathered from the district’s 54,000 properties, of which 30,279 tonnes of materials were sent for recycling, composting or reuse. The remaining tonnage was subjected of in landfill.http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/biffa-gets-epping-forestrsquos-pound50-million-waste-contract-192.php

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