Waste management specialist chosen for international gas pipeline project

Huw Crampton

A Cheshire waste management firm has come out top in an international bidding process.

Organic waste and waste-to-energy technology specialist Tidy Planet will supply an industrial-scale solution for a new multimillion-pound integrated waste management facility at a gas pipeline expansion project in Indonesia.

The Macclesfield-based firm has previously worked on a variety of composting projects in the global oil and gas sector.

This latest venture requires numerous processes to treat the client’s plastic, metal and wood wastes, as well as five additional tonnes of food waste generated per day at a liquid gas plant in Tanguhh.

Processing of the large volume of food wastes will be achieved with a commercial-scale version of Tidy Planet’s Dehydra Dewatering system and two B2500s – the largest rocket composter the company manufactures.

Following a year-long tendering process the firm fought off tough competition from an Australasian equipment supplier.

Tidy Planet’s sales manager, Huw Crampton, said: “This is a great project win for British business.

“As part of the tender we specified for as much equipment as possible to be supplied by the UK – including conveyors from Bristol and biofilters from Somerset, to heavy-vessel fabrication in West Yorkshire.

The giant B2500 rocket composter

“And for us at Tidy Planet, it equates to further investment in the company and team growth – including the appointment of a new project manager to oversee the venture.”

The Indonesia composting kit has a processing capacity 25 times higher than Tidy Planet’s most popular model and is 45 times bigger in its construction.

Not only will the equipment help the facility deal with the vast volume of food waste it currently produces, it will also create jobs for local people.

This includes pickers, who will ensure clean compost output by checking input materials are free of contaminants such as plastic, machinery operatives who will look after the segregation and processing of tonnes of plastics, metals and woods, plus a dedicated maintenance team.

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