Robert Grierson

Sterecycle is a waste management business focused on recycling and green energy. It has its own patented technologies that are capable of recycling and recovering the typical household waste stream. Since June 2008 it has been operating a full scale plant in Yorkshire. 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 sterilizing small batches of medical waste, it has pioneered its use at industrial scale and for recycling municipal solid waste. In addition, the facility uses its own unique autoclaving system which is highly energy efficient and integrated with a green energy plant is self-sustaining with a beneficial carbon footprint. Its technology is protected by a series of granted patents and patent applications. Its business model is to build, own and operate waste recycling plants, processing residual waste as a substitute for landfill. It is a well funded business, backed by blue chip investors including Goldman Sachs, Fidelity International and Impax Asset Management.