Eco waste wood contract

A Christchurch organics recycling firm is celebrating after securing a three year contract to handle waste wood in Hampshire.

Eco Sustainable Solutions will recycle waste wood delivered to the county’s network of Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs).

Eco is expected to process 80,000 tonnes of waste wood annually at a new site in Southampton.

About 60,000 tonnes will be shipped overseas to fuel power stations in Sweden.

The remaining 20,000 tonnes of ‘clean’ wood will be used for animal bedding and as fuel for biomass plants in the UK.

Eco was awarded the contract by Veolia Environmental Services Ltd which has held the contract to manage all of Hampshire’s municipal waste since 1995.

The Dorset company is working in partnership with Solent Stevedores.

Waste wood from Hampshire’s HWRCs, as well as other sources, is transported to a purpose-built one acre site at the Port of Southampton for processing.

Four new jobs have been created with the opening of the new site which operates 20 hours a day.

Peter Hardy, Eco’s Commercial Manager, said, “This is a significant expansion for Eco.

“It builds on the success of our existing partnership with Solent Stevedores which has seen thousands of tonnes of waste wood diverted from landfill into more productive use, such as fuel and animal bedding.”

The value of the contract has not been disclosed.