SUEZ recycling and recovery UK’s new £30 million Material Recycling Facility is set to be fully complete this summer following a fire in 2022.
The rebuild began last year and the exterior of the building is now complete, with interior contractors now mobilising on site.
SUEZ manage the waste and recycling on behalf of Aberdeen City Council. When complete, SUEZ says the material recovery facility (MRF) will have the capacity to process around 60,000 tonnes of recycling every year.
This includes glass, cardboard, newspaper, plastics and metals, collected from households across Aberdeen and Scotland.
Alongside the MRF rebuild, the site will also be home to offices, a waste transfer station, and a visitor centre.
The waste transfer station allows council vehicles to tip off their household residual waste before it is bulked up for processing elsewhere.
Aberdeen City Council co-leader Councillor Ian Yuill commented: “Having a local recycling facility back in place will be a vital step towards a full service solution for improving the quality and quantity of the recyclables we send for reprocessing.
“Having our own facility for managing our recycling helps us provide the best possible recycling collection service for our citizens.”
The offices and waste transfer station are expected to be complete and in use by spring 2025, with plans being developed for the visitor centre to open alongside the full facility later in the year.
SUEZ says groups and schools can visit the centre to learn more about the way that their waste is managed and how everyone can work to reduce consumption and waste.
Specialist contractors Sutco have been appointed to install the machinery that will separate out waste streams at the MRF.
Colin Forshaw, Production Operations Manager for SUEZ, commented: “It is fantastic to see Sutco out on site, installing the machinery that will enable us to start separating out the recyclable materials from households here in Aberdeen once again.
“It’s a busy year for our team in Aberdeen, with lots of positives in relation to waste and recycling and we’re looking forward to being able to host community groups here in the new onsite visitor education centre to tell them more.”
