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South Holland District Council Awards Waste Contract To Casepak

16 February 2012

Under the contract, 9,348 tonnes of commingled recovered materials collected through the authority's kerbside collection will be processed at the Casepak Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) in Leicester

The contract, which comes into effect from the 1 April 2012, was awarded to Casepak following a competitive procurement process involving six bidders. Casepak's bid was considered to be the most competitive solution.

South Holland District Council collects recyclable materials from 38,241 households each week. The materials collected include: paper, cardboard, plastics, food and drink cans, textiles and mixed glass. The Council currently recycles 34-35 percent of its waste.

Under the new agreement, recovered materials will be delivered to the Casepak MRF where they will be sorted using the very latest sorting and separation technology.

The Casepak MRF, which was officially opened just a month ago by Waste and Recycling Minister Lord Taylor of Holbeach, is the most advanced of its kind in the UK. The MRF is the UK's first to incorporate specialist screening for highly compacted materials and also features a specialist de-inking screen. The de-inking screen ensures that newspapers and magazines recycled through mixed collection schemes reliably and regularly reach the quality standard required by reprocessing mills in the UK. Incorporating high-technology plant of this type ensures that Casepak secures the best markets for its materials - a factor which impacts on its ability to provide competitive solutions for local authorities.

Commenting on the award of this latest contract, Mark Smith, Casepak's joint managing director, said: "We're delighted to have been awarded this contract. We've installed the best technology here at Casepak and it is already proving popular. It enables us to be both competitive and flexible in our approach and in this instance it has helped us to make significant savings for South Holland District Council.

The Casepak MRF became operational in September 2011 and represents an investment of £21m. The facility has the capacity to process 150,000 tonnes of materials a year at a speed of 26 tonnes per hour, recovering 95 percent of the material processed as a resource.

Darrel Moore