Susan Aitken, the leader of Glasgow City Council, has officially opened the Glasgow Recycling and Renewable Energy Centre (GRREC) at Polmadie on the south side of the city.
The site is the first of its kind in Scotland and will be operated by Viridor on behalf of Scotland’s largest local authority. Using state-of-the-art technology, more than 200,000 tonnes of the city’s waste will be diverted from landfill every year and used to generate enough electricity to power 26,496 homes.
The project will be delivered through a 25-year partnership between Viridor, the biggest UK-owned recycling and energy recovery company, and the city council.
