Manvers waste facility wins national award

The BDR partnership behind the waste plant at Manvers scooped the Best Energy from Waste Initiative category at the MRW National Recycling Awards in London in the same week as it marked a year of operation.

The facility processes around 250,000 tonnes of waste a year from 340,000 homes across Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham. 

Since it opened in July 2015, more than 96 per cent of waste has been successfully diverted from landfill and  More than 40 jobs have also been created in the Dearne Valley.

The facility is the result of a partnership between BDR (Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham councils) and 3SE, a consortium of Shanks, an international waste-to-product business and SSE, one of the UK’s leading energy companies.

It features Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) and dry anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities, as well as recycling facilities and equipment to convert remaining waste into a fuel which is used at the Ferrybridge Multifuel 1 facility in West Yorkshire. 

Judges praised the close partnership working on the project and the vision which led to the construction of a regional multi-fuel energy from waste facility. 

Chair of the BDR Joint Waste Board, Cllr Roy Miller, said: “This award is a fantastic achievement and proves that the BDR Waste Partnership really is working hard to improve the quality of our environment by helping to divert over 96 per cent of waste generated by residents in the three boroughs from going to landfill.”