Partners lay foundations for savings

From left to right, Stephen Martin chief executive Clugston Group, Tom Spaul chief operating officer and chief executive director Veolia Environmental Services (UK) PLC., Philip Atkins Council Leader Staffordshire County Council, Christophe Riegert project manager CNIM.

Clugston Construction, part of the privately owned Clugston Group, along with technology partner CNIM, has recently commenced construction of a state-of-the-art 300,000 tonne Energy Recovery Facility for waste management company Veolia Environmental Services. The facility will be for Staffordshire County Council.

The facility is being developed at a site in Four Ashes, South Staffordshire, to meet the County Council’s ambitious plans to deliver up to £250m of savings for Staffordshire residents over the next 25 years, whilst at the same time delivering on its commitments to divert waste away from landfill. The operation will generate enough energy to power 32,000 homes from the residual waste left over after recycling has been undertaken.

Stephen Martin, Clugston Group chief executive, said:

“This is a really exciting project to be involved with, one of the most challenging and exciting projects of its kind in the UK today. We are really looking forward to working on the facility with our technology partner CNIM and our local supply chain. It will bring real benefits in terms of both jobs and boosting the county’s economy.”

Staffordshire County council leader Philip Atkins said:

“This plant will help neighbouring councils in Walsall, Sandwell and Warwickshire to handle their non-recyclable residual waste, and ensure that the Staffordshire plant can operate at maximum efficiency, minimising costs for residents.”

Tom Spaul, chief operating officer and executive director of Veolia Environmental Services (UK) Plc, said: “The start of work on site was an exciting moment for the company.

“We have dedicated significant resources to developing the most efficient, cost effective, sustainable and environmentally sophisticated solution to Staffordshire’s residual waste problems.  Backed by our local team this project is very important to us and we are now looking forward to bringing this technology on stream as soon as possible.”

About Clugston Construction
Clugston Construction is one of the largest privately owned regional building and civil engineering contractors in the UK and a member of the Clugston Group which was established over 70 years ago by the current chairman’s father. Operating from four regional offices across the North of England the company has built a reputation for safely delivering a wide variety of services and projects. For further information about Clugston visit  www.clugston.co.uk. 

Veolia Environmental Services
Veolia Environmental Services, part of the Veolia Environnement Group, is the UK’s leading waste management company. With a sizeable presence throughout the UK, mainland Europe and the world, Veolia Environmental Services employs 85,600 people worldwide, servicing more than 73 million customers in 33 countries. (Source: Human Resources data 2009)

Veolia Environmental Services is the only global provider of a full range of services for handling hazardous and non-hazardous solid and liquid waste. It provides waste management and logistics services as well as materials recovery and recycling. Veolia Environmental Services generated revenue of €9.3 billion in 2010.

Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE and NYSE: VE) is the worldwide reference in environmental services. The company has operations all around the world and provides tailored solutions to meet the needs of municipal and industrial customers in four complementary segments: water management, waste management, energy management and freight and passenger transportation.  Veolia Environnement recorded revenue of €34.8 billion in 2010.

Further information can be obtained by visiting the websites:
www.veolia.co.uk
www.veoliaenvironnement.com