Prosiect Gwyrdd is NOT Green - rigged for incineration

Firms will bid to deal with non-recyclables

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Under their partnership arrangement known as Prosiect Gwyrdd/Project Green, ... But Prosiect Gwyrdd director Tara King said any planning applications being ...

No the firms are Not just bidding 'to deal with recyclables' as recycling rates are low! 

The Cardiff publicity is a direct lie and deliberately misleading. Prosiect Gwyrdd is NOT  Green! The partnership is not to "recycle and compost" but to dispose of the "residuals" by unwanted incinerators at huge cost.  

Prosiect Gwyrdd is rigged for 

incineration! They claim they have not chosen technology, yet the prospectus advertised by P Gwyrdd has been rigged to attract large incinerator companies and fix a long-term commitment to incineration, instead of cheaper low-tech mechanical and biological treatment systems. 

P Gwyrdd claimed to meet Welsh Strategy targets, but there is no mention of the maximum residual waste per person of 150kg, which means 125 000 tonnes maximum compared with their guide figure of 160 000 tonnes (35% of 460 000t).

They’ve told Councils to claim to the public that they aim to “recycle and compost as much waste as possible”.  Yet the present 65% falls far short of that claim, being less than already achieved in Europe, eg. Flanders, and far below the 80-90% figures said possible by their consultants. Cardiff council even sends all bulk rubbish to landfill. 

Cardiff Council has an inefficient  Commingled recycling 

collection system that leaves them with a lot of materials unsuitable for reprocessing.

They say nothing about toxic residues from waste combustion and the requirement under the proximity principle to have an outlet in SE Wales. 
They set no requirement on energy efficiency, despite Welsh strategy on 60% minimum.

Say No to this plan to mortgage our communities for 25-30 years. They are going for Private Finance over 25-30 yr, despite cross-party opposition in Wales to high cost, inflexible PFI! 

Say yes to thinking Green and real recycling and 

cheaper low-tech mechanical and biological treatment systems instead. 

Eight bidders announced for huge Welsh INCINERATROR PPP

Eight bidders announced for huge Welsh PPP


Materials Recycling Week
Huge Welsh public private partnership (PPP) proposal Prosiect Gwyrdd has drawn up the ... Prosiect Gwyrdd comprises local authorities in south-east Wales, ...

Prosiect Gwyrdd has drawn up the long-list of companies in the running for the contract to manage waste from six local authorities in the country, including Cardiff.

The chosen companies are:

·         CovantaCocenta, Viridor

·         MVV Umwelt

·         Shanks Group

·         Sita UK

·         Urbaser

·         Veolia ES Aurora

·         Viridor Waste Management

·         Waste Recycling Group (WRG)

Each company will be asked to submit outline solutions for the waste, suggesting technologies and possible sites. Each bidder is able to submit two bids. WRG announced in January that it will propose to build an energy-from-waste plant on a site at Newport, as part of an exclusivity deal with chemical firm Solutia UK.

Prosiect Gwyrdd comprises local authorities in south-east Wales, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Newport and the Vale of Glamorgan. The 25-year contract has the option for a five-year extension. Bidders need to provide a solution for municipal waste once recycling and composting has been maximised in each location, which is estimated to be 30-35% of the total municipal waste produced.

Chair of the joint committee governing the project Mark Stephens said: “The partner councils are happy with the interest from the market. Obviously Prosiect Gwyrdd is keen to ensure the process to deliver a solution to residual waste is as competitive as possible. The partnership is technology neutral, and has assessed all compliant bids made against agreed criteria.”

The cost of the project has not been disclosed because it is subject to a commercial tender process.