Avondale Landfill
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The Avondale Landfill is a major Scottish landfill located in Falkirk, off junction 4 of the M9 motorway. Avondale takes large volumes of waste from the Forth Valley and some from West Lothian. Avondale has the ability to accept non-hazardous, stable non-reactive hazardous and asbestos/gypsum waste. It also has an application lodged with SEPA for a hazardous waste cell, due to become operational by the end of 2006. This is likely to be the first landfill with the ability to accept hazardous waste in Scotland under the new Landfill Directive.
The Avondale Landfill incorporates landfill gas recovery facilities which are used to generate renewable electricity on site which is supplied into the national grid.
There are plans to expand the site to include a future mechanical biological treatment plant.
Avondale Environmental Ltd is jointly owned by Landmedia Ltd and the Shanks Group. A diagram of the landfill can be found here.
