Composting firm TEG wins £2m contract in Perth

Organic waste specialist TEG Group has won a contract to compost food and garden rubbish for Perth and Kinross Council.

The group’s facility at Glenfarg in Perthshire will use a combination of “in vessel composting” (IVC) and anaerobic digestion (AD) to deal with up to 25,000 tonnes of food and green waste a year.

The contract starts this month and is for an initial two-year term. The company says it is worth between £1.8 million and £2m, with a potential option to extend the deal for a further two years.

Chief executive Mick Fishwick said waste would be converted into renewable power and fertiliser at the company’s new AD facility. He added: “The performance of the group’s operational business has continued to be very good to date in 2013.”