FOI Request - Waste Incinerators

Request 101003773361

1 Do you have a contract to send waste to energy for waste incinerators, if so which incinerators?

2  What date did the contracts begin?

3 What date do the contracts end?  

4 In a breakdown of the past ten financial years how much money has the EFW contracts cost?

5 In a breakdown of the projected years left on the contract, how much will this cost each year?

6 In a breakdown of the past ten financial years, what percentage of the waste sent to the EFW incinerator consisted of recyclable materials?

Response 16-15-2025

1. Yes, Ness Energy from Waste Facility in Aberdeen.

2. 12th December 2023.

3. 11th December 2043.

4 and 5. Total contract award value was £364 million.  This included the construction of the facility.  Construction value £150 million.  See contract award notice here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV399697

6. We have only been sending waste to Ness EFW since 2023. We are unable to provide an accurate response to this question. No separately collected recyclables were intentionally sent to EFW, however, there is of course an element of recyclable materials within the residual waste that householders have not separated for recycling but we cannot provide a % figure for that. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held. In Moray we have a published recycling performance rate of 55.2% of all waste handled in 2023. Please refer to the following link for published data: https://data.gov.scot/sepa/waste/household.html