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Viridor shortlisted for Prosiect Gwyrdd residual waste contract
Posted 8 Dec 2010
Viridor has been selected and invited to progress to the next stage of the procurement, for the Prosiect Gwyrdd Contract.
Cllr Mark Stephens, Chairman of the Joint Committee, governing the project said: “The evaluation of the ‘Outline Solutions’ was extensive, looking specifically at technical assessment, service delivery and the deliverability and integrity of proposed solutions including ensuring that each solution would be able to meet Environment Agency standards.
“All partners share the aspirations of the Towards Zero Waste Strategy published by the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) so we have ensured that the bids going forward are consistent with those principles.”
The project will deliver a contract to provide residual waste treatment facilities for the five partner authorities in partnership with the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG), after recycling and composting has been maximised in each area.
The WAG has set a minimum 70% recycling and composting target, and partner authorities have developed waste strategies to strive towards a 65% combined target with at least a further 5% being recovered through the residual waste treatment process.
Cllr Mark Stephens, Chairman of the Joint Committee, governing the project, continued: “The priority for each partner authority is to recycle and compost as much waste as possible. Our targets are clear and local authority recycling and composting schemes have been and will continue to be developed to reduce the reliance on landfill and to strive towards the landfill diversions targets that have been set. We acknowledge and are grateful for the financial assistance provided by WAG which allows us to develop the infrastructure and capacity to meet these challenging targets.”
“Each authority in Wales will also be procuring a solution for this ‘black bag’ waste, as landfill is no longer an option both environmentally and economically. The participants selected now have been invited to submit detailed solutions”
Following the Pre Qualification stage, eight participants were invited to submit ‘Outline Solutions’, five solutions were received from the market place and four
participants, including Viridor, have been invited to submit ‘Detailed Solutions’.
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