By working with experienced technology partners and implementing our own core project management and engineering expertise, Babcock identifies ways of processing waste as a resource, reducing the need for landfill.
As government landfill taxes rise, society and organisations need to discover the most efficient ways to minimise, reuse and recycle the waste of their communities. Babcock offers them a unique approach to address this aim.
Our environmental solutions deliver:
- Increased ‘green’ performance
- Optimised recycling
- Around a 90% reduction in the need for landfill
- Clean renewable energy with low emissions
- Flexible modular solutions
Key Activities:
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Design, engineering, procurement and construction
With an extensive engineering heritage and expertise, Babcock creates innovative solutions that combine proven technologies to create robust and deliverable systems. By combining this with our support service expertise, we are able to deliver a truly integrated solution.
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Operate and maintain
We specialise in delivering long-term service contracts that allow us to develop new ways of working, and invest in new infrastructure to provide value for money.
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Finance
We have built up significant experience raising project finance for Public Private Partnership (PPP) and Private Finance Initiative (PFI) programmes, ensuring the financial viability of these long-term contracts.
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Education services
Increasing public awareness of the issues surrounding waste will continue to play a pivotal role in achieving environmental targets. As a leading provider of education services in the UK, Babcock delivers public information, education and training to all stakeholders.
Key Customers:
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council - The PFI Project for the City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council will ensure that the Council achieves its strategic waste targets for diversion and recycling.
The construction and commissioning of the new primary facilities at South Kirkby is scheduled to be completed in late 2012, the facilities at Denby Dale Road will be completed earlier during the same year. Together these facilities will treat c230,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste every year.
To find out more about our activities in Wakefield click here.