The new 75,000 tonne per annum capacity plant will be operational for early in 2011.
 
William Tracey will supply feedstock materials for the plant, providing another recycling outlet for their customers to divert wastes away from landfill. Suitable materials will include waste food from food manufacturing processes, catering wastes, fats and greases and organic effluent sludge’s. The new plant represents another step in William Tracey’s move towards provision of full resource recovery options and support for Scotland’s Zero Waste agenda.

Anaerobic Digestion is a natural biological process which uses bacterial cultures within enclosed silo tanks to generate methane rich biogas from waste organic materials (such as food wastes) and energy crops (such as grass silage). The biogas is captured and used to fuel engines which generate renewable electricity for the national grid. The proposed electrical generation of 2 megawatts by the Barkip facility will contribute towards Scotland’s renewable energy targets and help to combat climate change.