Cornwall

SITA Cornwall and Cornwall Council are working together to deliver a sustainable and integrated waste management solution for Cornwall.

In October 2006, SITA Cornwall Ltd was awarded a 30-year contract to manage waste in the county. SITA UK provide the day-to-day operation and maintenance services under this contract.

Household waste recycling centres

We operate 12 household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) in Cornwall. The centres take a wide range of items for recycling, as well as general waste, and are useful for recyclables that aren’t accepted by kerbside collection or bring banks.

With SITA Cornwall investing over £15 million in these HWRCs, the area has already seen recycling rates increase from around 25 per cent to over 55 per cent. New HWRCs are planned for Falmouth, Launceston, Newquay, Penzance, St Austell and Truro.

The two materials recycling facilities at Bodmin and Pool receive around 50,000 tonnes of dry recyclables through the local kerbside collection contracts and, on average, recycle around 98 per cent of the materials brought in.

Refuse transfer stations

Refuse transfer stations are strategically located throughout the county. Plans to redevelop, develop temporary or replace refuse transfer stations across the county will see the sites’ capacity increase to manage 150,000 tonnes of waste each year.

Landfill sites

We manage two landfills in the county.

Energy recovery centre

SITA Cornwall recently submitted a planning application for a Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre (CERC), which would manage 240,000 tonnes of waste a year. The CERC would produce enough electricity to meet the energy requirements of 21,000 households each year, and heat would be exported from the CERC and provided for local industrial processes.

For more information, please visit the SITA Cornwall website.