In a statement today, the Norwegian-owned company explained that of the 761,000 tonnes handled by Geminor UK in 2023, close to 177,000 tonnes were sent to UK facilities for energy recovery.
This represents 23% of all waste resources handled by Geminor UK last year. The company announced that the UK was its biggest market in August 2023 (see letsrecycle.com story).
In terms of exports, Geminor explained that by increasing exports by 55% to 585,000 tonnes in 2023, the company also “managed to maintain its position as the leading exporter of secondary fuels from the British Isles last year”. This was put down to due to increased tonnage from Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Oliver Caunce, country manager at Geminor UK, said: “We are very satisfied with our growth in 2023, and especially with the increase of tonnage to domestic EfW-facilities. With a domestic growth rate of 28 percent, our goal to increase the energy recovery of waste in the UK is materialising.”
Materials
Geminor UK also diversified its fraction portfolio last year, with 7& now made up of “bio and waste wood”, and 2% is commodities such as paper, cardboard and plastics for recycling.
This forms part of the company’s “strategy for continued growth.” Geminor added that the handling of plastics will become a “focus area” in the years to come.
Group
In terms of the wider Geminor group, the company said it handled a total of 2,403,820 tonnes of “waste fractions for material recycling and energy recovery”.
This sets a “new group tonnage record” and is a 32 % rise on the 2022 total of 1,815,281 tonnes.
This was put down to growth in other markets such as Italy and Poland.
Kjetil Vikingstad, Geminor’s chief executive, said: “The growth we are experiencing has exceeded our expectations, reaching an impressive 2.4 million tonnes well ahead of schedule. This has been possible due to our expansion in different waste markets across Europe and a solid team effort by our many industry experts.”
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