Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Gloucestershire County Council

Gloucestershire County Council is responsible for dealing with the household residual waste collected by the district councils in Gloucestershire and at household recycling centres.

Gloucestershire County Council signed a contract with Urbaser Balfour Beatty (UBB) to design, build and operate a waste treatment facility for the county to use over the next 25 years. The facility has been built and is processing the County’s household  residual waste since October 2019. At the end of the 25 years the facility will be owned by the county council.

Urbaser Balfour Beatty

Urbaser Balfour Beatty (UBB) is the consortium of Urbaser and Balfour Beatty, who signed the contract with Gloucestershire County Council and who designed and built the Gloucestershire Energy from Waste facility, at Javelin Park in Haresfield.

For more information, visit www.ubbgloucestershire.co.uk.