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These installations will
process close to 135,000
tons of waste from
Edinburgh and from the
neighbouring Midlothian
Council, together with an
additional 20,000 tons per
year of commercial and
industrial waste
kirts of Edinburgh. The contract provides
for a 30-month construction period ending
in the Spring of 2019, after which the faci-
lity will be operated for 25 years.
These installations will process close to
135,000 tons of waste from Edinburgh,
the capital of Scotland, and from the
neighbouring Midlothian Council, together
with an additional 20,000 tons per year of
commercial and industrial waste. Gene-
rating energy from the waste will produ-
ce sufficient electricity to power close to
27,000 homes, and the facility has also
the potential for feeding the local district
heating grid. The waste will first be proces-
sed to recover and separate ferrous me-
tals, primarily iron, and non-ferrous metals,
such as aluminium and copper.
The plant will create up to 40 jobs once
it comes into operation, and is expected
to employ between 300 and 350 people
during construction.
After signing the contract with the
Edinburgh and Midlothian authorities, FCC
Environment UK CEO, Paul Taylor, stated
that “the Millerhill recycling and energy re-
covery facility will play a decisive role in in-
creasing the rate of recycling and reducing
the amount of waste from Edinburgh and
Midlothian that is disposed of in landfills; it
also represents a major boost for the Sco-
ttish Government’s Zero Waste plan.”
Carlos Afonso, director of Corporate De-
velopment and Concessions at FCC Envi-
ronment International, said that, “the pro-
ject is another example of the wide range
of development strategies through which
In the photo, signing the contract with the Edimburgh and Midlothian authorities, seated from left to
right: Paul Taylor, CEO of FCC Environment, John Blair, mayor of Edimburgh, Standing, from left to
right Vicente Orts, CFO of FCC Environment; David Lyon, head of Environment at Edimburgh City
Council; Carlos Afonso, Corporate Development and Concession director at FCC Medio Ambiente
Internacional; and, Tomás Núñez, deputy director of FCC Medio Ambiente Internacional.