Waste transfer and processing facilities
With different types of waste being sent to a range of reprocessing or disposal points, it is necessary to bulk up waste to minimise the transportation costs and the number of vehicles carrying waste.
The transfer stations at Yate and Mangotsfield provide delivery points for refuse collection vehicles. Waste is loaded into large articulated lorries for landfill disposal.
The Yate Sort It!* centre and adjacent recycling depot provides sorting and storage for recyclable materials collected through the kerbside Sort It!*service in the northern part of the council area with Mangotsfield Transfer Station serving the southern part.
A second new recycling depot has recently been developed, adjacent to the Yate Transfer Station, for baling and storing cardboard and plastic bottles.
Residual waste disposal
The two transfer stations provide flexibility for bulk transfer of residual waste. South Gloucestershire Council in partnership with Bath and North East Somerset and Bristol City councils has secured a contract for treating residual waste at a facility which is currently being constructed in Avonmouth.
Remaining residual wate is sent for lanfill disposal. SITA is currently delivering to landfill site in Wiltshire and Coventry.