The four West of England councils (Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire) will save £44 million over the next five years, and reduce the amount of biodegradable waste going to landfill by 75%, thanks to a waste management contract awarded to Dorset company New Earth Solutions.

 Chairman of the Joint Waste Committee, Councillor Carl Francis-Pester says, “New Earth Solutions will provide the councils with a cleaner, cheaper and more sustainable way to dispose of residual household waste.”

 “This is an important milestone for the partnership. By working together we have been able to secure an excellent arrangement with New Earth Solutions that will greatly reduce the amount of waste we send to landfill and will save the councils millions of pounds.  We are all still committed to improving our recycling rates and reducing even further the amount of residual waste”.

 “New Earth Solutions offered the councils the best quality at a realistic price, they already successfully operate very similar facilities in Dorset and Kent and we have every confidence that they will be able to manage our waste in a similar sustainable manner.”

 Residual rubbish is ‘black bag waste’ that households have left out to be collected after recycling what they can.  Currently this waste goes direct to landfill where it rots to produce landfill gases that contribute to global warming. New Earth Solutions will treat the rubbish in a bio-stabilisation process and produces a compost like output that is used in land restoration.

 Chris Cox, Managing Director at New Earth Solutions said, “We are delighted to have been chosen by the West of England partnership and look forward to delivering a sustainable waste management solution for the region.

 “This award adds to the group’s substantial portfolio of contracts for residual waste treatments and organics recycling.  With our independent sources of funding we are on track to reach 20 plants over the next five years.  We are currently at a very exciting stage of development and this new contract with the West of England partnership will help accelerate our growth.”