Sterecycle is a waste management business focused on recycling and green energy. We have our own patented technologies that are capable of recycling and recovering up to 80% of the typical household waste stream.
Since June 2008 Sterecycle been operating a full scale plant in Yorkshire
that processes 100,000 tonnes per annum of waste. This is the World's 1st full scale commercial autoclave plant to treat residual household waste. The plant is processing "black-bag" waste from 3 local authorities under a contract for up to 10 years: Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council. Whilst autoclaving has been used for a number of years for
sterilising small batches of medical waste, Sterecycle has pioneered
its use at industrial scale and for recycling municipal solid waste.
In addition, the facility uses Sterecycle’s own unique autoclaving
system which is highly energy efficient and integrated with a
green energy plant is self-sustaining with a beneficial carbon footprint.
Sterecycle's technology is protected by a series of granted patents
and patent applications.
Our
business model is to build, own and operate waste recycling plants,
processing residual waste as a substitute for landfill. Sterecycle
is a well funded business, backed by blue chip investors including
Goldman Sachs, Fidelity International and Impax Asset Management. Sterecycle currently has 55 full time employees and
with further recycling plants will employ over 300 staff in 2013. We plan to have at least 6 plants operational by 2013 including in Yorkshire, Wales, London and Glasgow.