Around £3.5 million is to be invested in new technology aimed at making Liverpool's waste management facilities more efficient.
Under the newly-announced plans, Veolia will invest the money on installing combined heat and power (CHP) technology at its Stalbridge Solvent Recovery facility in the south of the city.
The introduction of the cutting-edge technology is expected to reduce the amount of gas used to process waste from Merseyside's pharmaceutical and chemical industries by as much as 90 per cent.
As well as saving the company significant sums of money in the long-run, it is also anticipated that the eco-friendly CHP technology will help cut the waste management plant's carbon footprint by around 5,000 tonnes of carbon a year, the Liverpool Daily Post has reported.
Announcing the plans, Veolia environmental services project manager Tony Garnett said: "We are committed to improving environmental performance and lowering our carbon footprint."
Meanwhile, around $100 million is to be invested in Speke- based National Bio-manufacturing Centre by its new owner Watson Pharmaceuticals over the next year, it was also announced this week.
Typical Guttridge equipment used in the energy-from-waste sector includes; feeders – metering screw feeders – weighing systems
