Environment firm has big plans after move to city
An innovative environmental company has opened a new base on Wearside as part of a job-creating expansion plan.
ATG Group has opened its northern office at Sunderland’s North East Business and Innovation Centre (BIC) – and announced a new contract with Sunderland City Council to recover waste oil.
The company, which is headquartered in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, specialises in regenerating redundant land through by using innovative processes to lock-in contaminates in soil so it can be reused.
ATG Group, which employs over 40 people, is also one of the UK’s leading firms dealing with oil spills, water contamination and the removal of invasive plant species.
It chose Sunderland after agreeing a contract with the city council to recover waste oil that found during the planning stage of the new strategic road corridor.
ATG Group’s managing director, Dr Mark McKinney, said: “I am delighted to be opening our new base in Sunderland. We worked on both the Northern Spire project and the third phase of the strategic corridor.
“We have ambitious plans to grow nationally as more brownfield sites are developed and have a number of exciting plans for the North East base, which will create new jobs.”
The council’s deputy leader and Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport, Councillor Claire Rowntree said: “The council is pleased to welcome ATG Group to Sunderland. We have worked alongside the company on a number of successful projects so far, and look forward to doing so in the future now it has established a new base in the city.”
As market leaders in the use of modern remediation technologies, the company delivers workable and practical solutions to maximise the potential of redundant sites.
By reusing previously contaminated soil rather than sending it to landfill, ATG Group says its work has saved 1.3million tonnes of CO2.
The firm was awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development in 2020.