TEG to start on fourth Manchester waste facility

TEG Group, which develops and operates organic composting plants, has been given the green light to start work on its fourth composting facility in Greater Manchester as part of a major waste contract.

The Chorley-based company won a £38m contract in 2009 to construct four composting plants in Rochdale, Bredbury, Bolton and Trafford Park to handle 175,000 tonnes of food and green waste a year.

It is part of a 25-year, £3.8bn PFI contract agreed by the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) with Viridor and John Laing.

The authority plans to divert more than 75% of the 1.3 million tonnes of waste from Greater Manchester’s 973,000 households away from landfill.

TEG said it had received the “intrsuction to proceed” but the construction programme is yet to be agreed. The company plans to appoint sub-contractors next month and start work on site later in the year. The project is worth £13m to TEG.

Chief executive Michael Fishwick said: “We are delighted to have received the ‘instruction to proceed’ and that we can move into the project delivery phase. We look forward to continuing to work with all the parties involved in this flagship project.”