Binn Ecopark
As an established and growing circular economy focused resource management, renewable energy and eco-innovation centre, Binn Ecopark is a great place to do business.
Since the development of the Binn landfill site, which closed in September 2014, the Binn Farm site has expanded and diversified. This has included the development of two separate Material Reclamation Facilities (MRF) treating commercial, industrial and municipal waste, a 30,000 tonne per annum food waste anaerobic digestion facility, in-vessel and green-waste composting facilities, a residual waste Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) facility and waste wood processing and storage facilities.
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- Development sites
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- Project Beacon – Advanced Plastics Recycling Facility (A-PRF)
Planning consent has recently been secured for an Advanced Plastics Recycling Facility (A-PRF) combining mechanical and chemical plastics recycling systems, an energy from waste plant and a four turbine windfarm.
This has culminated in Binn Ecopark being one of the most fully integrated resource recovery complexes in the UK, employing over 160 people and providing significant economic benefits and added value to the local economy.
Binn ecopark
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The Binn Landfill operated as a non-hazardous disposal facility from 1994 until 2014. The closure represents the success of Scottish recycling, with disposals to such sites dropping sharply over recent years.
SUEZ operate this facility to recover waste wood for use as a fuel in the RWE Biomass Energy facility at Markinch, Glenrothes. Waste wood is delivered to the site where it is screened for contaminants, shredded and any metals removed.
The anaerobic digestion (AD) facility operated by Earnside Energy Ltd processes about 30,000 tonnes of food waste each year from households and businesses across Tayside and Fife, producing nutrient rich digestate, compost and power.
An essential part of the composting process, Binn Ecopark has capacity for significant volumes of windrow composting.
Binn Group collects waste materials across a wide geographic area. Materials are also delivered to the site for treatment from companies as widespread as Aberdeen, Inverness, Edinburgh and Glasgow, as well as throughout the Central Belt.
Site for Advanced Plastics Recycling Facility for Pi Polymers Ltd. This facility will mechanically sort and chemically recycle large dense rigid plastics, processing up to 10,000 tonnes of material per annum.
Trade waste from shops, hotels, schools, colleges, sporting facilities and public events. Different to industrial materials, it is processed separately to recover plastic, metals and cardboard with the residual material used to produce SRF.
The heart of the Binn Group recycling operation, main waste reception area deals with our heavy skip wastes and processes this material through two picking and separation lines.
This facility is operated by SUEZ and processes kerbside collected mixed dry household recyclates, collected by Perth and Kinross Council and other local authorities.
The Binn Group operates a fleet of over 50 collection vehicles plus multiple type trailers and a range of earth and materials handling plant. Binn operate on-site vehicle maintenance facility and fabrication workshops.
The main office and reception provides support for all on-site activity at Binn Ecopark, as well as meeting spaces. With a strong focus on environmental and health and safety compliance, this is the administrative centre of our business.
The Operations Centre provides welfare space for on-site staff as well as vehicle teams. As well as housing the weighbridge team, it’s the operational base for all site based activity, delivery / pickup scheduling as well as customer support.
The Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) facility commenced operation in 2015 and produces a high quality waste fuel comprised mainly of non-recyclable plastics, paper, cardboard, textiles and wood.
Planning permission is approved for a 60,000tpa energy from waste facility on a 3ha site. There are opportunities for utilising heat from the facility to heat polytunnels, as part of the circular economy.