The contract, which started last month, will run for an initial three-year period and will involve Shanks handling up to 15,000 tonnes of commercial and organic waste per annum.
Office and other commercial waste will be processed through Shanks existing network of recycling facilities to recover recyclable materials including cardboard, paper and plastics, the company said.
Most of the organic waste will be treated through Shanks Greenmills Anaerobic Digestion plant, near Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Shanks claimed that it will recycle up to 90% of the contract waste helping the company to achieve its 2020 target of maintaining or reducing total waste sent for disposal against a 2008 baseline, despite significantly growing manufacturing volumes.
This represents an 80% reduction in waste per tonne of production and a 70% absolute reduction since 1995.
