Environmental services firm FCC Medio Ambiente has agreed to build an energy-from-waste plant for Edinburgh and Midlothian. The company said it would invest £10m in the project which will be built at a site near Dalkeith on the outskirts of Edinburgh. Construction will begin immediately, and will go into operation in 2018 to convert waste collected by both councils that would normally go to a landfill. The project is supported by the purchase of the Scottish Futures Trust by the councils.
Environmental services firm FCC Medio Ambiente has agreed to build an energy-from-waste plant for Edinburgh and Midlothian. Representatives from the City of Edinburgh and Midlothian Councils have facilitated the 25-year agreement to build and operate the plant after green project Zero Waste: Edinburgh and Midlothian awarded the contract to FCC in December 2014. Construction will begin immediately, and will go into operation in 2018 to convert waste collected by both councils that would normally go to a landfill. The project is supported by the purchase of the Scottish Futures Trust by the councils.