AN OPEN day to celebrate a decade of recycling provision across Fife will take place in Dunfermline next month.

Cireco will hold the event to mark its 10th birthday at its Wellwood facility on August 27.

Having developed away from its primary use as a landfill site, Cireco Park is now a resource hub with a Material Recycling Facility, Anaerobic Digestion Plant and heat energy production.

Robin Baird, Chief Executive Officer for Cireco Scotland, said “It’s hard to believe that Cireco is now over 10 years old. We have shown that Cireco can thrive and grow into the successful company we see today.

"I am thrilled to be able to show Elected Members and Fife Council colleagues our amazing facilities and our potential to provide innovative solutions to Fife Council and all our customers."

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Set up in April 2014, Cireco Scotland (formerly Resource Efficient Solutions) is an Arm’s Length External Organisation (ALEO) owned by Fife Council.

It handles nearly 300,000 tonnes a year of waste and recyclable material every year, mostly from Fife Council.

They provide segregation of dry mixed recycling materials through its state-of-the-art Materials Recycling Facilities, food and garden waste processing at its Anaerobic Digestion Plant, both at Cireco Park, Dunfermline, as well as bulky waste processing at its Lower Melville Wood Facility in Ladybank.

In addition, Cireco are principal suppliers of residual waste material to Earls Gate Energy Centre in Grangemouth and the Westfield Energy Centre, currently under construction in Fife.

Beyond processing Fife Council’s waste, their facilities have additional processing capacity for waste and recycling from other local authorities and customers.

Cireco also provides additional services to Fife Council through the management of 11 Recycling Centres, servicing of 300 Recycling Points Fife wide and management of Fife Council’s active and closed landfill sites.

Councillor Ross Vettraino, Chair of the Cireco and Fife Resource Solutions board, added “Fife Resource Solutions and Cireco continue to deliver on the promises made a decade ago.

"I am pleased that the company is growing and providing benefit to the Council, its staff, the local economy and the people of Fife."