Waste plants bring 340 jobs to Lancs
A WASTE management company that holds Lancashire’s £2bn waste PFI contract is gearing up to open two new waste treatment plants, creating 340 jobs.
Global Renewables Lancashire won Lancashire County Council’s 25-year contract to design, build and operate two treatment plants at Leyland and Thornton to handle 600,000 tonnes of municipal waste every year.
The two sites have a combined investment of £250m and been under construction for the past two years.
The Thornton facility, near Blackpool, will recruit 160 employees and is expected to open early in the New Year.
Meanwhile, the Leyland facility will employ 180 when it opens later in the summer of 2010.
Positions available will range from forklift truck drivers to control room operatives to manual handlers.
Global Renewables has an annual turnover of around £60m and is owned by the GRD Group, a public company quoted in Australia.
It has developed a waste recycling technique called mechanical biological treatment (MBT) which removes recyclable material from waste and turns much of the remainder into biofuel or organic waste.
The plants in Lancashire will handle 85% of the county’s waste. The company hopes to recover and recycle more than 50% of this material and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 4 million tonnes.
