Viridor has submitted a planning proposal to build a mechanical and biological treatment plant in Cheshire as part of the PFI contract on offer to treat its household waste. Competing against Resource Recovery Solutions for the 25-year contract on offer from Chester West and Chester and Cheshire East Councils, Viridor’s plans will see the MBT plant processing all 200,000-230,000 tonnes of residual waste produced by Cheshire. RRS plans to build a gasification plant in Wincham. Join discussion...

Cumbria county council and Shanks today (June 4) announced they have reached financial close on their £720 million, 25-year public private partnership (PPP) contract. The deal, which begins immediately, will see the Milton Keynes-based company building two 75,000 tonne-a-year capacity mechanical biological treatment (MBT) facilities to treat the county's residual household waste, as well as take over the management of the county's household waste recycling centres. The Cumbrian MBT facilities are expected to use a similar process to the one Shanks uses at its Dumfries plant Altogether, Shanks will be dealing with 220,000 tonnes a year of Cumbria's waste, as the county seeks to divert 67% of its household waste from landfill by 2015. Join discussion...

Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) confirmed today that its 50/50 joint venture with Spanish group Aqualia, Orasqualia (the "Joint Venture"), was announced as the best financial bidder for the New Cairo wastewater project. The submitted financial bid includes the value of the Engineering, Procurement and Construction of the plant and the Operation and Maintenance during the contract period. Join discussion...