BIFFA has opened a zero-to-landfill waste transfer facility in Inverness.
The transfer station at Longman Industrial Estate is Biffa’s first in Inverness, with it permitted to handle up to 150,000 tonnes of general business waste and dry mixed recycling each year.
Biffa’s zero-to-landfill strategy sees recyclables sent from the transfer station for processing at its Broxburn Materials Recovery Facility near Edinburgh, while general waste goes to one of Scotland’s energy recovery plants to generate electricity for the grid.
Monica Heenighan, Biffa’s industrial and commercial north area director, said, “The Highlands are absolutely booming, with hundreds of new homes being built in Inverness and £25 million of seed funding unlocked to invest in renewable energy infrastructure at the Green Freeport.
“Controlling our own waste disposal in the region is therefore a critical part of our growth strategy in the local market. It protects us from cost increases so that we can offer competitive prices to new customers and means we can divert non-recyclable waste from landfill to energy recovery.”
