Table of Contents (Potential and Existing Incinerators)
- Bailiwick of Guernsey
- Bailiwick of Jersey
- East Midlands
- East of England
- Isle of Man
- London
- North East
- North West
- Scotland
- South East
- South West
- Wales
- West Midlands
- Yorkshire & the Humber
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Key
- P means potential incinerator
- E means existing incinerator
- Capacity represents proposed/maximum permitted tonnes per annum (tpa)
- CHP = Combined Heat and Power
- Defra = Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- EA = Environment Agency
- EfW = Energy from Waste
- EoI = Expression of Interest
- FoE = Friends of the Earth
- GBP = Great British Pound (£)
- MBT = Mechanical and Biological Treatment (facility)
- OBC = Outline Business Case
- PFI = Private Finance Initiative
- RDF = Refuse Derived Fuel
- SRF = Solid Recovered Fuel
- tpa = tonnes per annum
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Incinerator Table
Bailiwick of Guernsey
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
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| P | Guernsey | Longue Hougue | SITA and Guernsey Public Services | 57-70000 | Say No Campaign [Source] | Deputies voted in late July 2009 to agree to Public Services' proposal for a mass-burn incinerator with French contractor Suez Environnemen give the go-ahead for a GBP93.5m facility at Longue Hougue by a 32-12 majority, with three abstentions. [Source]. 45,000 and 57,000 tonnes per year, with a second phase that could increase this to 70,000 [Source]. Opposition is increasing and a planning application is expected soon [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-11-09) |
Bailiwick of Jersey
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
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| P | Jersey | La Collette 2 Reclamation Area, La Collette, St. Helier | Jersey Transport And Technical Services | 126,000 | Save our Shores (SOS) [Campaign update] | The Bellozanne incinerator is “old, unreliable and fails to meet modern emissions standards and it must be replaced as soon as possible.” [Source]. La Collette has been identified as the replacement site and has been granted planning permission for a 105,000 tpa facility [Source] and [Source]. Local campaigners understand that the proposed facility may rely on importing waste from Guernsey. Incinerator plans for the Isle of Jersey have been challenged by the incoming administration [Source]. The Treasurer has been blaimed for increasing the cost of the proposed incinerator [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-05-21) |
| E | Jersey | Bellozanne, St. Helier | Jersey Transport And Technical Services | 80-126,000 | Save our Shores (SOS) [Campaign update] | “The current plant is old, unreliable and fails to meet modern emissions standards…” [Source]. Fears that toxic incinerator ash is washing into the sea are being investingated [Source]. Toxic ash pit is punctured at incinerator site. (Entry updated 2009-05-21) |
East Midlands
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
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| P | Derby (City) | Raynesway Resource Park (near Spondon) | Raynesway Resource Park Limited (part of Cyclamax) | 70,000 | Derby FoE and No incinerator on Sinfin Lane [Campaign update] | Application submitted 29 May 2009 for an Energy Generation Facility (gasification incinerator for commercial waste) [source]. (Entry updated 2009-06-01) |
| P | Derby (City) | Sinfin Lane, Osmaston | Resource Recovery Solutions (RRS) | 140,000 | Derby FoE and No incinerator on Sinfin Lane [Campaign update]
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Proposed ENERGOS Advanced Conversion Technology gasification incinerator [source]. Planning Application submitted May 2009, Derby City Council ref 05/09/00571. Objections accepted until 24 August 2009. (Entry updated 2009-08-05) |
| P | Derbyshire | Dunston Road, Sheepbridge, Chesterfield | Cyclamax | 75,000 | Derbyshire FoE and Chesterfield Against Incineration (CAI) [Campaign update]
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Planning application submitted for gasification incinerator for commercial waste in July 2008 [Source]. Chesterfield Council recommended the planning application to Derbyshire County Council be refused. Derbyshire County Council's draft Preferred Options report has now been withdrawn and considered unsound. Cyclamax have applied for an environmental permit (Entry updated 2009-06-01) |
| P | Leicestershire | Bardon Business Park, Bardon Hill, Coalville, near Ellistown | ? | 200,000 | Ellistown and Battleflat Incineration Action Group [Campaign update] | Campaigners have turned out in force to demand that councillors scrap plans that could result in an incinerator being built near Coalville [Source]. Local residents defeated one UK Coal proposal for warehousing, and are opposing UK Coal's proposals again. “County Hall said its preferred option to divert more waste from landfill would be to burn it” [Source]. Expression of Interest approved, and Outline Business Case for PFI credits submitted to Defra The number of companies competing to create a major waste treatment scheme in Leicestershire has been narrowed down to three. The bidders – Biffa, United Utilities/John Laing Investments and Veolia – have been chosen from a list of eight and are interested in developing a multi-million pound facility to treat up to 180,000 tonnes of waste each year [Source]. “In addition, the council has said it is not insistent on the successful bidder using the council-owned sites at Whetstone or at the Interlink Business Park in Bardon” [Source]. “…details about potential locations or technologies are confidential to the bidders at this stage.” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| P | Leicestershire | Whetstone Waste Site. Enderby Road, Whetstone, Leicester | ? | 200,000 | FoE Leicestershire and Leicestershire Anti-Incinerator Network (LAIN) [Campaign update] | [Source of reference to this site]. “County Hall said its preferred option to divert more waste from landfill would be to burn it”. Expression of Interest approved, and Outline Business Case for PFI credits submitted to Defra. The number of companies competing to create a major waste treatment scheme in Leicestershire has been narrowed down to three. The bidders – Biffa, United Utilities/John Laing Investments and Veolia – have been chosen from a list of eight and are interested in developing a multi-million pound facility to treat up to 180,000 tonnes of waste each year [Source]. “In addition, the council has said it is not insistent on the successful bidder using the council-owned sites at Whetstone or at the Interlink Business Park in Bardon” [Source]. “…details about potential locations or technologies are confidential to the bidders at this stage.” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| P | Lincolnshire | Caythorpe Heath Lane, Caythorpe, Grantham | Bioflame Ltd | ? | Lincolnshire Anti-Incineration Alliance (LAIA) [Campaign update] | Lincolnshire County Council granted Bioflame Ltd a change of use licence to install a small-scale biomass incinerator [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-06-02) |
| P | Lincolnshire | Slippery Gowt Lane, Boston | ? | 150,000 | Lincolnshire Anti-Incineration Alliance (LAIA) [Campaign update] | Expression of interest submitted, Round 3 (back-up site if Whisby Road fails). In 2005 Lincolnshire County Council's head of planning, Alan Freeman, told a meeting at Louth that “incinerators would be sited where there was the highest concentration of people, which meant Lincoln and Boston” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-06-02) |
| P | Lincolnshire | Whisby Road, North Hykeham, Lincoln | Waste Recycling Group (WRG) | 150,000 | Lincolnshire Anti-Incineration Alliance (LAIA) [Campaign update] | Planning application submitted at the end of 2008 [Source]. There is growing local opposition to the proposed incinerator [Source]. “The timetable for completing a new waste incinerator is so tight Lincolnshire County Council has decided to borrow GBP80 million to make it happen…And it will tip GBP25.7m of taxpayers' money into the Energy from Waste plant at North Hykeham too, it has been revealed.” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| P | Northamptonshire | off Gretton Brook Road, Corby | Tendering under the name Project Reduce | 150,000 | ? | Site identified in Expression of Interest submitted to Defra for Round 3 PFI funding, which has now been approved. Now in procurement stage. Milton Keynes Council and Northamptonshire County Council expressed opposition to mass-burn incineration, but the technology will depend on bids received. The contract notice states that “the councils intend to make three sites available to the project, but bidders are free to propose their own (sites)” [Source]. Shore Energy (owned by Simon Howie) has submitted a planning application for a gasification plant on the Gretton Brook Road site (Entry updated 2009-06-02) |
| P | Nottinghamshire | Old Rufford Colliery Car Park, Rainworth (near Mansfield) | Veolia Environmental Services | 210,000 | People Against Incineration (PAIN) [Campaign update] | After Nottinghamshire County Council's Planning Committee raised no objection in January 2009, a Public Inquiry was called by Secretary of State in March 2009. Hearings began on 6th October 2009, but the Inquiry was adjourned for 6 months (until after Easter 2010) at Veolia's request to allow time for a shaddow appropriate assessment with regard to possible Special Protection Area ststus after a late objection from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds identified the site as a nesting ground for nearly 2% of the UK population of woodlark and nightjar! [County Council establishes inquiry website ]. As a result of the delay, the Waste PFI contract may become null and void Source (Entry updated 2009-11-09)
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| E | Nottingham (City) | Eastcroft, Incinerator Rd, off Cattle Market Road | Waste Recycling Group (WRG) / WasteNotts (Reclamation) Ltd [See annual report] | 260,000 | Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill (NAIL) [Campaign update] | Currently burns around 150,000, comprising 90,000 tonnes p.a. of household waste from Nottingham City, and 60,000 tonnes from Nottinghamshire. IPPC permit for 260,000 tpa secured to include new line. Planning permission for new line (100,000 tpa) to handle commercial and industrial waste granted after a public inquiry. Extension not yet built. Existing incinerator is currently undergoing major refurbishment at a cost of around GBP20 million to be met by City and County Councils.
Tonnes burned: 153,330 (2006); 154,755 (2007); 159,210 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
East of England
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Bedfordshire | Rookery Pit / Ampthill near Stewartby | Bedfordshire County Council via the Bedfordshire Energy and Recycling Project / Marsdon Vale | 100,000 | ? | “Stewartby site top of shortlist of 3 for incinerator plant” [Source]. Expression of interest (for Round 4 PFI funding) approved by Defra [Source, Source]. Outline Business Case for Bedfordshire Energy and Recycling (BEAR) project rubber stamped by Bedford Borough Council's implementation executive [Source and Source]. August 2008 plans include waste incinerator [Source. (Entry updated 2009-06-02) |
| P | Cambridgeshire | Storeys Bar Road, Fengate, Peterborough | Peterborough Renewable Energy Ltd (PREL) | 650,000 | ? | "Peterborough could eventually have two incinerators just yards apart, as the council plans to build its own..." [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-06-02) |
| P | Essex | Chelmsford (Sandon) | Veolia | ? | Essex FoE / Essex Green Party [Campaign update] | Site owned by Veolia. This 'major waste site' has permission in the Essex and Southend Waste Plan for waste use, including incinerator. No technology choice has been made yet. Another major waste site included in the Waste Plan is North Weald. (Entry updated 2009-06-02) |
| P | Essex | Rivenhall Airfield, Coggeshall Road (Braintree) | Golder Associates/Gent Fairhead | 360,000 | Essex and Colchester FoE / Eastern Green Party [Campaign update] | A planning application has been approved for a 360,000 tpa incinerator to burn around 200,000 RDF (e.g. from Basildon MBT facility) which would include municipal, commercial and industrial wastes from across Essex plus around 100,000 tpa paper pulp residues from Eastern Region plus a further amount of undisclosed material. The plan has been called in by the Secretary of State and will be considered at a public inquiry [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-06-02) |
| P | Hertfordshire | New Barnfield, Hatfield | Contracts out for tender | 270,000 | Herts WOW! (WithOut Waste) is a network of groups including North Herts Friends of the Earth, Welwyn Hatfield FOE, N Herts Green Party, Welwyn Hatfield Green Party and Transition Town Letchworth | This site was identified in the EoI (for Round 4 PFI funding), which has been approved by Defra: GBP100 million for Energy from Waste incineration (CHP). Richard Brown, Hertfordshire County Council, has gone on record saying: “New Barnfield being identified as a 'reference site' does not mean that it will definitely be used for an energy from waste facility. We are inviting potential suppliers to tender for a long-term [waste management] solution for Hertfordshire. We fully expect a variety of proposals to come forward, involving a range of technologies at various sites. [Source]. Hertfordshire Friends of the Earth spokeswoman Wendy Attwell said: “We oppose the building of an incinerator anywhere within Hertfordshire. The council claim they are currently considering various types of waste disposal, but it looks as though they have already decided on incineration as their option of choice” [Source]. The 6 companies that have been shortlisted are: Covanta Energy Ltd. , E.ON Energy from Waste AG (EEW), MVV Umwelt GmbH, Shanks PFI Investments Ltd./Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., SITA UK Ltd., and Veolia ES Aurora (Entry updated 2009-08-05) |
| P | Norfolk | Riverside Industrial Estate, Estuary Road, Kings Lynn | Cyclerval UK (TIRU) | 200,000 | Norfolk Against Incineration & Landfill (NAIL2) and Norwich FoE [Campaign update] | According to local campaigners, Riverside Industrial Estate, earmarked for “thermal/incineration/CHP”, is the only Norfolk site owned/leased by Cycleval UK. Therefore if Norfolk County Council award (Waste Contract B) to Cycleval then campaigners believe that the company will opt for this site. If another company is awarded the contract then the site could still be chosen for an incinerator. (Entry updated 2009-06-02) |
| P | Norfolk | Saddlebow Industrial Estate, Kings Lynn | ? | 200,000 | Norfolk Against Incineration & Landfill (NAIL2) and Norwich FoE [Campaign update] | Green councillor Andrew Boswell said the authority should now rule out using an incinerator. The county council has said all along that it was neutral about the technology to be used for contract B. Our main concern is that an incinerator should not be pushed on the people of King's Lynn [Source: Norwich Evening News, 28 March 2009]. (Entry updated 2009-06-02) |
| P | Suffolk | Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, Ipswich | ? | 350,000 | Suffolk Against Incineration and Landfill (SAIL) and Mid Suffolk FoE | Suffolk County Council's Outline Business Case (OBC) submitted to Defra in October 2007 and in it this site is included as a reference incinerator project. According to John Field, Liberal Democrat County Councillor for Gipping Valley in Suffolk, “the County has declared that its preference is to site an incinerator at Great Blakenham to burn domestic waste” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-06-02) |
Isle of Man
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | Isle of Man | Richmond Hill, Douglas | Sita [See annual report] | 60,000 | ? | Local campaigners are concerned about nearby farmland showing signs of pollution. It is believed that pollution testing is currently underway. |
London
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | East London | near the Fairview Industrial Estate, Rainham | East London Sustainable Energy Facility (ELSEF) Novera Ventures Ltd (Shanks & Enerkem) | 105,000 | ? | Bioessence propose autoclaving to dry household waste and separate off recyclable material before using it in a gasificationNovera Energy is building a pyrolysis gasification incinerator in Rainham, Essex, to burn refuse-derived fuel supplied by Shanks East London. Granted planning permission in September 2006. [ Source]. Gasification plant to be permitted to burn SRF (from municipal waste). See Defra description of this project from page 52 of New Technologies Demonstrator Programme Catalogue of Applications. Note: In 2007 Novara dropped out of the Defra scheme. (Entry updated 2009-06-02) |
| P | North London | Brent Cross, Barnet | Hammerson and Standard Life Investments (owners of Brent Cross Shopping Centre) and Cricklewood Regeneration Limited (Brookfield Europe and Hammerson). See Brent Cross Cricklewood Partners website | 130,000 | Brent Friends of the Earth | Liberal Democrat MP for Brent East, Sarah Teather, presented a Stop the Dump petition to the Department of Communities and Local Government [Source]. The site includes Brent Cross Shopping Centre to the north, the A41 and Brent Cross London Underground station to the east, Cricklewood Lane to the south and the A5 to the west [Source]. “…it is recognised that a major waste handling facility linked with a thermal treatment plant of refuse derived fuel on a CHP basis has significant planning and programme implications. Nonetheless, such facility will be proposed to be in place for phase one of the development” [Source]. UKWIN has learnt that kitchen waste is to go to AD, and gasification technology is to be used for CHP (SLR, 24/7/08). It would therefore not be a “mass burn” type of incinerator, but as it would be covered by the Waste Incineration Directive it has been included as a potential incinerator site. Note: The capacity of 130,000 tpa includes a portion used for business waste. (Entry updated 2009-07-07) |
| P | North London | Not yet decided | The North London Waste Authority (NWLA) | ? | ? | The North London Waste Authority (NWLA) are proposeing to build a “combined heat and power plant that uses that recovered fuel” [Source]. “The location of the combined heat and power plant will be decided by a separate procurement process which, because of the ability to move fuel by rail or water, may attract interest from outside of north London as well as within” [Source]. The North London Waste Authority (NWLA) has submitted an Expression of Interest to Defra that refers to a possible site in Tower Hamlets [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-07) |
| P | South East London | Factory Lane, Croydon (one of three earmarked sites) | Croydon Council is leading the procurement process for the South London Waste Partnership (SLWP), which also includes the boroughs of Sutton, Merton and Kingston. | 222,000 | London Green Party | GBP112.9m of PFI credits have been awarded for a waste management scheme which has been estimated to have total costs of GBP920m over 25 years, servicing four South London boroughs. “The procurement document highlights three possible sites for the incinerator, including Factory Lane in Croydon together with Villiers Road in Kingston and Garth Road on the border of Sutton and Merton. ” [Source]. “The Outline Business Case submission to DEFRA explores the viability of co-locating waste management facilities with renewable energy generation at Villiers Road, Kingston, Factory Lane, Croydon and Garth Road, Merton. The Partnership advocates the supply of affordable heat and power for local use” [Source which is Appendix B of the LDF Issues and Options Consultation ReportSource]. “Croydon Council's waste chief has admitted for the first time that an incinerator could be built in the borough” [Source]. Unclear what fraction is to be household waste. (Entry updated 2009-10-01) |
| P | South East London | Norman Road, Belvedere (London Borough of Bexley) | Riverside Resource Recovery Limited / Cory | 700,000 | Bexley And District Against Incineration Risks (BADAIR) [Campaign update] | “At its meeting on 16th June 2009 the London Borough of Bexley awarded a 25 year contract to Cory Environmental to treat up to 70,000 tonne per annum of its residual waste through the Belvedere EfW Facility.” [Source]. “With an average annual capacity of 585,000 tonnes, it will be an important strategic river-served waste management facility for London” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-07) |
| P | West London | Civic Way, South Ruislip | ? | 320,000 | Ealing Friends of the Earth and Ealing Green Party | 320,000 to be split between the two West London sites. Energy from Waste and MBT are the two preferred options, and current transfer stations their preferred sites, although “It may be that Brentford and South Ruislip may not be quite large enough to accommodate new plants of a scale to take all the waste that these sites currently deal with.” [Source, Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-07) |
| P | West London | Transport Avenue, Brentford | ? | 320,000 | Ealing Friends of the Earth and Ealing Green Party | 320,000 to be split between the two West London sites. Energy from Waste and MBT are the two preferred options, and current transfer stations their preferred sites, although “It may be that Brentford and South Ruislip may not be quite large enough to accommodate new plants of a scale to take all the waste that these sites currently deal with.” [Source, Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-07) |
| E | North London | Edmonton | London Waste Ltd [See annual report] | 750,000 | ? | Tonnes burned: 370,933 (2005); 550,000 (2006); 519,501 (2007); 521,246 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| E | South East London | Lewisham | South East London Combined Heat and Power Limited / Veolia [See annual report] | 488,000 | ? | Tonnes burned: 402,863 (2005); 433,694 (2006); 426,872 (2007); 421,648 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
North East
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
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| P | South Tyne & Wear | Abbotsford Road, Felling, Gateshead | MVV Umwelt or SITA or United Utilities | 200,000 | [Campaign update] | South Tyne & Wear Waste Partnership (Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland) – “EfW with Combined Heat and Power (CHP) would be the most easily introduced along with new infrastructure and would work well as part of a new industrial estate or Eco Park”. Outline Business Case submitted to Defra in October 2007. The remaining bidders for the Waste PFI contract, “which is thought to be worth up to GBP1.3 billion, are: German energy-from-waste specialist MVV Umwelt GmbH; waste management firm SITA UK Ltd; and, utilities firm United Utilities…A vacant industrial site that may be suitable for a waste treatment facility has been identified in Felling, Gateshead, and is available as an option to all companies bidding for the contract”. [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-07) |
| P | Teesside (Cleveland) | Haverton Hill Road, Billingham, Stockton | SITA | 256,000 | [Campaign update] | The North East Energy Recovery Centre (NEERC) has “a proposed capacity of 256,000 tonnes of household and commercial waste a year, although there are not contracts currently in place” [Source]. In October 2008, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council's planning committee gave unanimous approval for the planning application [Source]. Not to be confused with the existing 260,000 tpa Haverton Hill facility and its proposed 125,000 tpa expansion. (Entry updated 2009-07-07) |
| E | Tees Valley Unitary Authorities | Haverton Hill Road, Billingham, Teesside | SITA Tees Valley Limited [See annual report] | 388,000 | ? | “The facility has two furnace lines with a combined processing capacity of 250,000 tonnes of municipal waste per year. A third line is currently under construction which will be capable of processing a further 125,000 tonnes of municipal waste.” [Source]. EA permitted capacity was 263,000 tpa in 2007. In addition to SITA's proposed expansion there is potential for a new build next door!
Tonnes burned: (2005); 215,568 (2006); 206,427 (2007); 204,327 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
North West
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
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| P | Cheshire | Ince Marshes | Peel Environmental Ince Ltd | 670,000 | Communities Against Toxics (ToxCAT) andCHeshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) [Campaign update] and Residents Against INcineration (RAIN) [Campaign update] | In February 2006 Peel Holdings submitted a planning proposal for a 'Resource Recovery Park' to Cheshire County Council. Within these plans, which include provision for a major recycling initiative, were plans for a massive 670,000 tonne EfW (Energy from Waste) incinerator. In May 2008 a public inquiry to assess the viability of this proposal took place. RAIN published daily updates of the Inquiry's progress on their site RAIN's daily diary. More than a year later the Planning Inspector has yet to issue a report. (Entry updated 2009-07-07) |
| P | Cheshire | Junction 18 Midpoint, Cledford Lane, Middlewich | Covanta Energy | 390,000 | CHeshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) [Campaign update] | The Middlewich Town Council Planning Committee voted against the Covanta proposal at its meeting on Tuesday 9th June 2009 Source. (Entry updated 2009-07-07) |
| P | Cheshire | Picow Road Farm, Weston Point, Runcorn | Ineos Chlor | 850,000 | CHeshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) [Campaign update] and Halton Action Group Against The Incinerator (Halton Breathe/HAGATI) | Despite being granted planning permission for the monster facility by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), the campaign opposing Ineos Chlor's proposals is still going strong. Suspect calculations used to justify the stack height are to be further investigated. The plan is to build a massive 105 metre stack and a capacity for burning 850,000 tonnes of waste per year. This would make it the biggest incinerator of its type in Europe. (Entry updated 2009-07-07) |
| P | Lancashire | Blackburn, Chapel | SITA? | ? | Action to Reduce and Recycle Our Waste (ARROW) [Campaign update] | Lancashire to introduce food bins – but Blackburn with Darwen opts for incinerator Source. (Entry updated 2009-07-07) |
| P | Merseyside | Knowsley Business Park | Energos, part of ENER-G | 327,000 | Communities Against Toxics Merseyside | 95,000 tpa gasification proposal granted planning permission [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-07) |
| E | Cheshire | Ellesmere Port, Wirral | Veolia ES Cleanaway (UK) Limited [See annual report] | 100,000 | CHeshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) [Campaign update] | Permitted to incinerate a wide range of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes. |
| E | Greater Manchester | Bolton | Greater Manchester Waste Ltd / Viridor [See annual report] | 127,100 | ? | A whistleblower contacted UKWIN with documents showing how Greater Manchester Waste (now Viridor) switched off the CEMS (continuous emissions monitoring) whilst making it look as though it was still switched on. This is now being investingated by the Environment Agency [Read more...]
Tonnes burned: 103,835 (2006); 87,385 (2007); 95,750 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
Scotland
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
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| P | Aberdeenshire | Upperton Industrial Estate, Peterhead | Buchan Combined Heat and Power Ltd | 100,000 | Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) [Campaign update] and the Aberdeen No Incinerator group | Planning application has been submitted. “SEPA had originally outlined five objections to the plans, including concerns about air quality monitoring. However, four were withdrawn earlier this year after the watchdog received further information about the workings of the plant from Buchan CHP. Last week SEPA said that it was satisfied that a final objection concerning the need for the facility in Peterhead could now be withdrawn after Buchan CHP presented a convincing case for developing a waste to energy capacity in the north east [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| P | Dumfrieshire | Dargavel Stores, Lockerbie Road, Dumfries | Ascot Environmental | 60,000 | Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) [Campaign update] | Proposed EFW (Energy from Waste) plant to use Pyrolysis or Gasification. Permit application submitted to Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) [Source]. Possibly linked with Shanks' existing Dunfries and Galloway MBT plant. Could handle Municipal & Commecial and Industrial waste via pyrolisis/gasification and high temperture oxidation. “The Development is intended to form part of an integrated waste management solution for the municipal arisings of Dumfries and Galloway. It will enable the Local Authority to treat municipal waste, which cannot be composted or recycled for technical or economic reasons.” [Source]. “Ascot Environmental ltd, acting as the main contractor for Scotgen (Dumfries) ltd saw the first delivery of gasification equipment (shown here) that will begin to make up the Advanced Thermal Treatment technology for the Dargavel Energy from Waste facility” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| P | East Lothian | Oxwellmains, Dunbar | Viridor | 300-450,000 | Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) and Incensed Residents Against Toxic Emissions (IRATE) [Campaign update] | “The plant is being initially built to house two lines providing 300,000 tonnes per annum capacity, with a third line to be constructed afterwards to meet required demand” 150,000 tonnes of residual MSW arising from the target authorities of the City of Edinburgh (with whom Viridor has an existing contract), East Lothian and Midlothian; and 150,000 tonnes of residual commercial and industrial waste from the target authority catchment areas [Source]. “The revised application was submitted in May 2008 to East Lothian Council. A decision is expected by East Lothian Council in mid/late 2009″ [Source]. ” (Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| P | Highlands | Cromarty Firth Industrial Estate, Invergordon | Combined Power and Heat (Highlands) Ltd | 100-130,000 | Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) [Campaign update] | CHP applied for [Source]. “Dr Connett, a US-based foremost specialist on incinerators, was invited over to address the public by the campaigning group, Invergordon Incinerator, No to Waste, which is determined to thwart plans by Combined Power and Heat (Highlands) Ltd to build a GBP43million waste transfer plant on the site of the former BA smelter” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| P | Morayshire | Elgin | J Gordon Williamson | 30,000 | Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) [Campaign update] | Granted planning permission for energy from waste [Source].(Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| P | North Ayrshire | Irvine | BioGen Power Limited / Energos | 80,000 | Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) [Campaign update] | Planning permission for gasification unit granted in August 2007. (Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| P | North Lanarkshire | Coatbridge | Shore Energy (owned by Simon Howie) | 80,000 | Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) and Greengairs Community Council [Campaign update] | “The first element will have the capacity to process up to 160,000 tonnes per annum of commercial, industrial and municipal waste. The pyrolysis process will comprise two units each with the capacity to process up to 40,000 tonnes per annum of fuel (largely from the materials recycling and fuel preparation process).” [Source].(Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| P | North Lanarkshire | Greengairs Road, Drumshangie | Airdrie North Limited | 300,000 | Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) and Greengairs Community Council [Campaign update] | Planning consent granted in May 2009. (Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| P | Perth | Shore Road | Grundon Waste Management Limited | 90,000 | Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) and Tayside Environmental Action Group [Campaign update] | “Outline Planning Consent has been granted for a Waste to Energy Incinerator at Shore Road. This did not come before the PKC Development Control Committee but was granted under delegated powers. Grundon, the developers are now seeking to have reserved matters dealt with. We called a public meeting on 16th April which was attended by nearly 200 people. There was anger and concern at PKC's handling of this matter as well as great worry and concern about the plant itself. Our M.P. Pete Wishart summed up at the end of the meeting and told Grundon they should go away – reflecting the mood of the meeting.” [Source]. “It is envisaged the EfW plant will be capable of processing aproximately 90,000 tonnes per annum of residual municipal solid waste (MSW) and residual commercial and industrial (C&I) waste” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| P | Perthshire | Binn Farm, near Glenfarg | SITA | 60,000 | Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) and Tayside Environmental Action Group [Campaign update] | Planning permission granted. “…opposed by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) because the heat it produced would be wasted, instead of being used to warm nearby buildings…Despite widespread local opposition it was approved by Perth and Kinross Council, then referred to the Scottish government. Ministers have decided not to intervene, effectively allowing the proposal to proceed” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| E | Dundee, Angus (Tayside) | Forties Road, Baldovie Industrial Estate | Dundee Energy Recycling Ltd (DERL) | 120,000 | Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) | Dundee Energy Recycling Ltd (DERL) is a special purpose company, formed between BICC plc, Kvaerner Investments and Dundee City Council, under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). |
| E | Shetland Islands | Peak Load Boiler Station, Gremista, Lerwick | Shetland Heat Energy & Power Ltd | 26,000 | Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) | The incinerator burns domestic and commercial waste from Shetland, Orkney and from the offshore oil industry. |
South East
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Berkshire | Colnbrook, Slough | Lakeside Energy From Waste Limited (S Grundon Waste and Viridor) | 410,000 | Slough's Anti-Incinerator Network (SAIN) and The Air That We Breathe Group (TATWBG) [Campaign update] | Construction delayed by a year [Source]. “The Lakeside joint venture with Grundon Waste Management Limited [and Viridor] comprises a 410,000 tonnes per annum and up to 37MW EfW plant at Colnbrook near Heathrow. It involves capital expenditure of GBP160 million financed by 86% non-recourse debt with the balance split equally between the two joint venture partners. Construction is nearly complete and a profit contribution is expected in 2009/10.” [Source]. Nearing the end of the construction phase. According to a local campaigner the Colnbrook facility would take waste from Wiltshire. (Entry updated 2009-08-05) |
| P | Buckinghamshire | Calvert, Aylesbury | Waste Recycling Group (WRG) | 275,000 | Buckinghamshire Residents Against Incinerators (BRAINS) and Stop Aylesbury Vale Incineration (SAVI) | “Councillors have delayed making a decision on whether to back putting an incinerator in north Buckinghamshire. Buckinghamshire County Council chiefs will instead support one of two sites in September (2009)…Springfield Farm in Broad Lane, Beaconsfield, was down as a reserve site. Now the plan is for a new incinerator from Waste Recycling Group at Calvert landfill site, Buckingham, or by Covanta Energy at Stewartby, Bedfordshire…” [Source]. Plans for an incinerator in Calvert are facing increased opposition from local residents with more than 1,200 now having signed a Downing Street petition against the plant [Source] (Entry updated 2009-07-08) |
| P | Buckinghamshire | Wapseys Wood or Springfield Farm | Veolia ES | 275,000 | Buckinghamshire Residents Against Incinerators (BRAINS) [Campaign update] | Wapseys Wood, Beaconsfield was mooted as possible site by the council last year but dropped after a public outcry. The council said it was thrown out over its assessment criteria (see Calvert, Aylesbury entry) [Source] and [Source]. Local campaigners remain concerned that Veolia may wish to buiold an incinerator for commercial and industrial waste on this Veolia-owned landfill site. (Entry updated 2009-07-08) |
| P | East Kent | Sandwich, Dover and environs | ? | 200,000 | Southeast Action Group for the Environment (SAGE) | Decisions on whether Kent should have up to two more incinerators face indefinite delay, county planners have admitted [Source]. Potential sites include: Richborough Power Station, Ramsgate Road; Link Park Lympne Industrial Estate; Former Tilmanstone Colliery, Pike Rd, Eythorne and White Cliffs Business Park (both in Dover); and Whitfield. (Entry updated 2009-07-08) |
| P | East Sussex | Newhaven | Veolia ES South Downs Ltd | 242,000 | Defenders of the Ouse Valley and Estuary (DOVE) and Lewes District Friends of the Earth | Condissional planning permission was granted and works started in April 2008. The facility still faces opposition by many, including Norman Baker, MP for Lewes [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-08) |
| P | Oxfordshire | Ardley | Viridor | 300,000 | Oxford FoE [Campaign update] and Oxford Brookes People and Planetand Ardley Against the Incinerator (AAI) | Oxfordshire CC rejected a planning application from Viridor for a 300,000 tpa incinerator just weeks after selecting the company as preferred bidder. The council's planning and regulation committee refused both Viridor's application for an incinerator at Ardley, and the Waste Recycling Group (WRG) application for a 220,000 tpa incinerator at Sutton Courtenay. In September, WRG lost out to Viridor as preferred bidder to treat Oxfordshire's waste. [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-11-09) |
| P | Oxfordshire | Sutton Courtney (Between Abingdon and Didcot) | Waste Recycling Group (WRG) | 300,000 | Oxford FoE and Sutton Courtenay Against the Incinerator (SCAI) | Oxfordshire CC rejected a planning application from Viridor for a 300,000 tpa incinerator just weeks after selecting the company as preferred bidder. The council's planning and regulation committee refused both Viridor's application for an incinerator at Ardley, and the Waste Recycling Group (WRG) application for a 220,000 tpa incinerator at Sutton Courtenay. In September, WRG lost out to Viridor as preferred bidder to treat Oxfordshire's waste. [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-11-09) |
| P | Surrey | Clockhouse Brickworks, Horsham Road, Capel, Dorking | Surrey Waste Management Ltd / SITA | 130,000 | Guildford Anti-Incinerator Network (GAIN) [Campaign update] and Capel Action Group | Victory for the campaigners! “At the High Court on Thursday 5 March 2009 Mr Justice Collins formally allowed Capel Parish Council's claims and ordered all three planning permissions to be quashed; the relevant references to the Clockhouse Brickworks site to be deleted from the adopted Waste Plan; permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal was refused; and Surrey County Council to make an interim payment of GBP100,000 within 14 days in respect of Capel Parish Council's legal fees” [Source]. “Campaigners have won their legal bid to prevent an incinerator being built in Capel, near Dorking, following a fight which lasted almost a decade” [Source]. The council is now considering a “move away from using incineration as a way to get rid of the council's waste” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-08) |
| P | Surrey | Trumps Farm at Longcross, near Virginia Water | Surrey Waste Management Ltd | 160,000 | Guildford Anti-Incinerator Network (GAIN) [Campaign update] and Wentworth Residents Association (WRA) & Residents against Incineration (RAI) and Virginia Water Community Association and Incinerator Action | Surrey Waste Management submitted a planning application for the Trumps Farm site at Longcross in mid-July 2008. Local campaigners (GAIN) are hoping the Capel decision will force Surrey to rethink this application [Source]. The council is now considering a “move away from using incineration as a way to get rid of the council's waste” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-08) |
| P | West Sussex | 16 sites shortlisted by West Sussex County Council | Biffa and/or Veolia | ? | ? | Shortlisted: Blue Prince mushroom site in Poling, near Littlehampton – Ford Airfield in Ford – The Lec site in Bognor – Lineside Way in Littlehampton – Bepton Road depot in Midhurst – Candy House in Rutland Way, Chichester – Fuel depot in Bognor Road, Chichester – Portfield in Chichester – Holmbush Farm in Faygate – Land adjoining Oakhurst Business Park in Southwater – Nowhurst Business Centre in Strood Green, Billinghurst – Shoreham Cement Works in Upper Beeding – Warnham Brickworks, near Horsham – Fairbridge Way in Burgess Hill – Imberhorne Lane in East Grinstead, and – Decoy Farm in East Worthing. West Sussex County Council has drawn up a shortlist of potential plots which could become home to an incinerator or another type of waste-to-energy facility. Although the contractor can submit a planning application for a new plant anywhere in the county, the council publishes the list after extensive research as guidance to developers. “West Sussex County Council has a preference for non-incineration. We want to reduce landfill and we aim to try to recover as many resources as possible from waste.” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-08 – unchanged from previous entry) |
| E | Hampshire | Marchwood, Southampton | Veolia ES Hampshire Ltd [See annual report] | 210,000 | ? | Tonnes burned: 148,695 (2005); 173,234 (2006); 183,897 (2007); 190,711 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| E | Hampshire | Portsmouth | Veolia ES Hampshire Ltd [See annual report] | 210,000 | ? | Tonnes burned: 134,141 (2005); 179,463 (2006); 185,483 (2007); 201,569 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| E | Hampshire | Whitmarsh Lane, Chineham, Basingstoke | Veolia ES Hampshire Ltd [See annual report] | 102,000 | The Basingstoke Burner Action Campaign (BBAC) | Tonnes burned: 92,692 (2005); 88,711 (2006); 98,960 (2007); 94,972 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| E | Isle of Wight | Forest Park, Forest Road, Newport | Waste Gas Technology UK Ltd / ENER-G Group / Island Waste Services (Biffa) [See annual report] | 38,000 | ? | Permitted to burn RDF and clean wood waste. Gasification plant built [Source]. This Demonstrator project relates to the upgrading of an existing waste incinerator on the Isle of Wight [Source]. |
| E | Kent | Allington, Maidstone | Kent Enviropower Ltd / Waste Recycling Group (WRG) [See annual report] | 500,000 | Guildford Anti-Incinerator Network (GAIN) [Campaign update] and Against Incineration in Maidstone Kent Local Environment Action Now (AIM-KLEAN) | In the summer of 2007, during testing, the furnace linings were found to be faulty” [Source]. Kent Enviropower said in July 2009 that “Following six months of commercial operations, Kent Enviropower's Allington Quarry Integrated Waste Management Facility was temporarily shut down on 10 July for scheduled routine maintenance” and in August said that “Following a temporary shutdown for scheduled, routine maintenance works, Kent Enviropower's Allington Quarry Integrated Waste Management Facility is being brought back into operation this week. The first of the three lines of the Energy from Waste facility returned to full operation on Monday, and both the Energy from Waste facility and the Materials Recycling Facility are receiving deliveries” [Source]. Tonnes burned:132,540 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
South West
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Cornwall | Rostowrack Farm, St Dennis | SITA Cornwall Ltd. | 240,000 | Cornwall Sustainable Waste Network (CSWN) and St. Dennis Incinerator Group (STIG) [Campaign update] | Application refused planning permission as Cornwall County Councillors voted 20-to-one against Sita's plans [Source]. “An alternative strategy for dealing with Cornwall's waste needs to be drawn up as soon as possible, a council scrutiny committee has ruled” [Source]. A public inquiry has been announced [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-11-09) |
| P | Devon | Ernesettle, Plymouth, Devon / Coypool | The following companies have submitted outline proposals: MVV Umwelt and Viridor | 225,000 | Stop The Incinerator Fouling Land at Ernesettle (STIFLE) | “…It was announced in July 2009 that three bidders, MVV Umwelt, SITA and Viridor have been selected to go forward to the next stage. They have offered five proposals, two of which involve Ernesettle, two Devonport dockyard and one at Lee Moor, South Devon” [Source]. Then in early November it was announced that Sita was dropped from the list [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-11-09) |
| P | Devon | Matford Park Energy from Waste Plant, Marsh Barton, Exeter | Viridor | 60,000 | Exeter Friends of the Earth [Campaign update] | Combined Heat and Power. Planning permission granted in July 2007. [Source]. Devon County Council and Viridor Waste Management are to look at bids from two contractors in the next few months. Recommendations will then go to Devon's executive and if approved could mean construction starting early next year (2010) with the plant operational from 2012. Devon County Council said the process had been delayed while the contract for the plant was advertised to firms across Europe [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-10) |
| P | Devon | New England quarry, Lee Mill near Ivybridge | Viridor | 275,000 | EcoIvy | According to Viridor “The proposed New England Resource Recovery Centre facility would include an Energy from Waste (EfW) facility; an on-site bottom ash treatment and recycling facility; a non-hazardous landfill for waste; a visitor and education centre; and a new site access road”. Viridor also state that “This is a speculative planning application based on Viridor's clear assessment of local market demand. As site owner, Viridor would propose to proceed with its proposals for the development of the site for a range of waste facilities regardless of whether it is successful in the PFI contract procurement. In the circumstances suggested, the exact nature of the development would be determined at a later time taking account of the nature and projected volumes of non-contract waste arising in a similar area as that encompassed by the South West Devon Waste Partnership” (source). (Entry updated 2009-12-27) |
| P | Devon | Seven Brethren industrial estate, next to the River Taw, Barnstaple | South West Devon Waste Partnership, made up of Plymouth City, Torbay and Devon County Councils | 60,000 | Devon Residents Against Incineration (DRAIN) | “Devon County Council have 'mothballed' plans to build an incinerator at Seven Brethren Bank, Barnstaple” [Source]. “The GBP39.3 million rubbish-burner project is to be shelved due to set-backs to other planned developments at Seven Brethren, as well as questions surrounding the size of the plant.” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-12-27) |
| P | Dorset | Ferndown | Dorset County Council | 115000 | ? | Mentioned as a potential site in Outline Business Case (for Round 4 PFI funding), which has been approved by Defra [Source, and Source]. Ferndown “rejected because it was located in green belt. However, it…might again become an option due to the possible redrawing of the greenbelt boundary as proposed in the draft RSS [Regional Spatial Strategy]“. Dorset Council “has become party to a contract between Bournemouth Borough Council and the supplier, New Earth Solutions, in Poole, for the treatment of fixed quantities of municipal waste from 2009/10 to 2011/12″. This contract could be further extended. [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-10) |
| P | Dorset | Hurn (Bournemouth Airport) | Dorset County Council | 115000 | ? | Mentioned as a potential site in Outline Business Case (for Round 4 PFI funding), which has been approved by Defra [Source, and Source]. Dorset Council “has become party to a contract between Bournemouth Borough Council and the supplier, New Earth Solutions, in Poole, for the treatment of fixed quantities of municipal waste from 2009/10 to 2011/12″. [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-10) |
| P | Dorset | Winfrith | Dorset County Council | 115000 | ? | Mentioned as a potential site in Outline Business Case (for Round 4 PFI funding), which has been approved by Defra [Source, and Source]. Dorset Council “has become party to a contract between Bournemouth Borough Council and the supplier, New Earth Solutions, in Poole, for the treatment of fixed quantities of municipal waste from 2009/10 to 2011/12″. [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-10) |
| P | Gloucestershire | Quedgeley, Javelin Park | ? | 270,000 | ? | Javelin Park identified as most likely site in OBC [Source]. “Gloucestershire county council has become the latest local authority to reveal a shortlist of bidders for its long-term waste PFI contract, with ten applicants invited to submit outline ideas for the GBP646 million deal” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-10) |
| P | South Gloucestershire / West of England Partnership | Avonmouth, Bristol | Sita | 160,000 | Bristol Against Mass Burn Incineration (BAMBI) and FoE Bristol and West of England Liberal Democrats | West of England Partnership (Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire) [Bath & North East Somerset have dropped out of the incineration aspect of the Partnership]. Expression of Interest (for round 4 PFI funding) has been approved by Defra. Site not finalised. Avonmouth considered because of existing facilities there. The Executive member with responsibility for waste at Bristol City Council has said that the West of England incinerator is “dead”… but SITA hopes to build a 400,000 tonne beast for commercial and industrial waste just over the S.Gloucestershire border from the formerly-planned WoE incinerator at Avonmouth [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-27) |
| E | Isles of Scilly | Portmellon | Council of The Isles of Scilly [See annual report] | 3,500 | ? | Tonnes burned: 2,474 (2007); 2,500 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
Wales
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Cardiff | Trident Park, Cardiff Bay | Viridor and PMG Estates Ltd | 500,000 | Cardiff FoE [Campaign update] | Failed to receive planning permission – The planning committee decided the proposal would result in “the unsustainable transportation of waste”. [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-09) |
| E | South West Wales | Crymlyn Burrows, Swansea | Neath Port Talbot Recycling Ltd / Neath Port Talbot Council [See annual report] | 166,000 | ? | Neath Port Talbot Council is understood to be suing Bridgend for around GBP5m in connection with problems relating to the Crymlyn Burrows Materials Recovery and Energy Centre (MREC) [Source], while at the same time Neath Port Talbot Council has issued a High Court writ against the Currie & Brown Group responsible for technical advice over failed incinerator [Source]. The GBP54 million claim, issued in the Bristol District Registry, concerns the cause of deficiencies at the waste-to-energy plant and damages the council claims to have suffered as a result of the plant's alleged failure to perform [Source].
Tonnes burned: 8,200 (2005); 11,313 (2006); 10,956 (2007); 9,041 (2008). (Entry partially updated 2009-12-29) |
West Midlands
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Birmingham | Tyseley, Birmingham | Tyseley Waste Disposal Ltd (Veolia) | 400,000+ | ? | Possible expansion of existing facility being considered. (Entry updated 2009-07-27) |
| P | Shropshire | Shrewsbury | Veolia | 90,000 | Safe Waste Shropshire [Campaign update] | Veolia submitted a planning application in January 2009 and the first round of concultation was closed at the end of April 2009 [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-27) |
| P | Staffordshire | The Dell, Enterprise Drive, Four Ashes near Cannock | Marsdon Vale | 300,000 | Staffordshire Against Incineration (SAIN) [Campaign update] | Brewood and Coven Council has resolved to ask Staffordshire County Council to re-consider the scheme proposed under planning application 08/00601/COM on the grounds that the exceptional size of the proposed incinerator facility at Four Ashes is detrimental to South Staffordshire and consequential emissions from the plant and high volume of traffic on nearby roads would be harmful to residents and cause significant road congestion (Entry updated 2/10/08). It is possible that the fall in waste and rising cost of capital could make it less viable for Warwickshire to take up its full share of the project. Whatever they pay per tonne for four ashes will also have to be paid as recycling credit to councils in the North of Warwickshire. Council is to conduct a Review of Affordability Position [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-27) |
| P | Telford and Wrekin | Granville Landfill Site, Grange Lane, Redhill, Telford | SITA with Cyclerval UK (TIRU) | 62,000 | Telford Protest Against Incinerator Now (TelfordPAIN) and Telford Friends of the Earth and Safe Waste Shropshire [Campaign update] | Planning application submitted by Sita in September 2008. [Source]. Telford & Wrekin Council pulled out of Sita's waste scheme [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-27) |
| P | Warwickshire | Rugby | Cemex | 300,000 | RugbyTown | Cemex propose Rugby 300,000 – 500,000 tpa facility to turn household and commercial waste into 150,000 tpa (+?) fuel to feed cement kiln incinerators [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-07-27) |
| P | West Midlands Met Districts | Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull | Viridor or possibly Veolia | 305,000 | Coventry Friends of the Earth [Campaign update] and Coalition for Recycling and Against Coventry Incinerator (CRACIN) | Expression of interest (EoI) for GBP93 million of Round 4 PFI funding has been approved by Defra: “The analysis indicates that from both an environmental and a financial perspective the strategic way forward for the partners is to build a new EfW facility of this capacity…For the purposes of this EoI, a potential site which is owned by Coventry has been identified.” Possible site in Whitley, Coventry. Outline buisness case apporved by Defra/Treaury after protest (see http://ukwin.org.uk/2009/05/20/pfi-protest-at-treasury/) size reduced to 305,000 from 350,000 tpa at EoI stage. Public debate expected in autumn along with outline planning application. The proposed site is also urban greenbelt containing allotments. They are currenly unused but could be back in use soon! Coventry City Council will try to make existing incinerator site green belt instead of proposed new site. (Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| P | Worcestershire | Hartlebury Trading Estate, Hartlebury, Kidderminster (near Stourport-on-Severn) | Mercia Waste Management / Severn Waste Services (jointly owned by Focsa Services (UK) Ltd (related to Waste Recycling Group) and Urbaser Ltd) | 200,000 | SayNoToTheIncinerator | In August 2008 Worcestershire County Council's Head of Environmental Services described the construction of a massive incinerator plant a “distinct possibility” [Source] as it is the favoured option of Mercia/Severn, with whom they have a 25 year waste contract. In 2002 Mercia's plans for an incinerator in Kidderminster were defeated at a public inquiry. Mercia's scoping report, dated November 2009, notes that “Hartlebury Trading Estate is identified as a Major Developed Site in the Green Belt… Accordingly, the Environmental Statement will have to demonstrate that very special circumstances exist.” (source). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| E | Stoke on Trent | Stoke | MES Environmental Limited [See annual report] | 210,000 | ? | Tonnes burned: 173,850 (2006); 166,044 (2007); 162,145 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| E | West Midlands Met Districts | Birmingham | Tyseley Waste Disposal Ltd / Veolia [See annual report] | 400,000 | ? | Possible expansion planned.
Tonnes burned: 320,306 (2006); 341,442 (2007); 348,736 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| E | West Midlands Met Districts | Coventry | The Coventry & Solihull Waste Disposal Company Ltd [See annual report] | 315,000 | Coalition for Recycling and Against Coventry Incinerator (CRACIN) [Campaign update] | Expected to reach end of life 2016-2021. Moves are afoot to replace / expand exisiting facility.
Tonnes burned: 214,735 (2005); 210,200 (2006); 230,735 (2007); 241,733 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| E | West Midlands Met Districts | Dudley, West Midlands | MES Environmental Limited [See annual report] | 105,000 | ? | Tonnes burned: 92,858 (2006); 94,761 (2007); 92,834 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| E | West Midlands Met Districts | Wolverhampton | MES Environmental Limited [See annual report] | 110,000 | ? | Tonnes burned: (2005); 100,773 (2006); 104,356 (2007); 107,231 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
Yorkshire & the Humber
| Sub-Region | Site Name(s) | Operator / Developer | Capacity | Campaign Group(s) | Operational Status / Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Doncaster | Land Off Sandall Stones Road, Kirk Sandall | Doncaster Energy Recovery Ltd: Energos in partnership with BioGen Power | 120,000 | Edenthorpe, Kirk Sandall and Barnby Dun Parish Councils | “Proposed energy recovery facility involving gasification of (household and commercial) waste” [View application details]. (Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| P | Hull (and East Riding) | Saltend | Waste Recycling Group (WRG) | 240,000 | FoE Hull [Campaign update] | IPPC permit revoked by EA March 2008; Expression of interest (for Round 4 PFI funding) has been approved by Defra. Delays send waste plant costs soaring to GBP144m [Source] FoE legal action causing further delays [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| P | North Lincolnshire | Melton Ross Quarries, Barnetby | Singleton-Birch | 80000 | Group currently being formed. Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development | Company website refers to possibility of incinerating household waste via gasification to “generate electricity and heat, both of which are used in Singleton Birch's large lime plant” [Source]. Planning permission granted Novemebr 2008. “Singleton Birch, the UK's leading lime producer, has appointed ENERGOS as preferred technology partner for its advanced thermal technology facility, awarded planning permission at the company's Melton Ross site in North Lincolnshire.” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| P | North Yorkshire | Unit 86 Marston Moor Business Park, Tockwith | BCB Environmental Management Ltd. | 60,000 | Tockwith Residents Association and Dalton Incinerator Steering Committee (DISC) and York Residents Against Incineration | Planning application submitted – consultation ongoing. Formal objection to proposed gasification incinerator by councillors. Target Decision Date: 13th August 2009 [Source]. Dalton Incinerator Steering Committee (DISC) scores early victory as Public Examiner sends North Yorkshire County Council back to consult! See UKWIN article for more (Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| P | South Yorkshire | Hatfield, Doncaster | Doncaster Energy from Waste (DEW) Project including AvVail Limited and Waystone Limited | 400000 | (Hatfield) Residents Against Inappropriate Developments (RAID) | Hatfield RAID (Residents Against Inappropriate Development) have won the latest stage of their campaign to prevent a waste incinerator being built near Hatfield. Planning permission for the so-called Doncaster Energy from Waste (DEW) Project was refused as 5 Planning Committee members voted against the scheme and 2 abstained [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-11-09) |
| P | South Yorkshire | Manvers, Wath upon Dearne, Barnsley (in partnership with Doncaster and Rotherham) | Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham (BDR) Waste Partnership (Dearne Valley Waste Partnership) | 200000 | South Yorkshire Against Incineration (SAI) [Campaign update] | “Examining the possibility of building an incinerator”. PFI bid approved. Because Veolia report experiencing “notable inefficiencies to the energy generating process” due to their Sheffield facility's dependence on trade waste they have applied for planning permission to import 75,000 tonnes a year of extra waste from Barnsley, Doncaster and Chesterfield. “It is estimated that the Waste management site will deal with in excess of 200,000 tons of municipal waste (black bin waste) per year, almost 600 tons per day, delivered by HGVs to the site from all three Boroughs.” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| P | West Yorkshire | Bradford and Calderdale | Bidders are: Aire Valley Environmental (a consortium of American incineration giant Covanta and utilities firm Kelda Water Services); A partnership between Californian engineering and construction firm Earth Tech and Swedish construction giant Skanska; Osiris (a consortium of London-based equity investor John Laing, utilities company United Utilities and construction company Costain); and 3SE (a partnership between waste management firm Shanks and Scottish and Southern Energy) | ? | ? | The Council selected a hybrid option of Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT), in-vessel composting and thermal treatment as its Reference Project (PFI bid approved by Defra in April 2008), but refused to rule out the use of combined heat and power…The partnership has earmarked land at Bowling Back Lane in Bradford for any developments, which is currently the site of a household waste and recycling centre and a waste transfer station…waste contract to commence in July 2015 [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| P | West Yorkshire | Leeds | ? | ? | FoE Leeds | GBP68.6 million PFI approved March 2008, no contractor chosen. “The decision has not yet been taken about which technology will be used to deal with the waste that isn't recycled and will not be made until 2010″ [Source]. Four potential sites have now been identified. They are Knostrop sewage works, land adjacent to this site, the wholesale market and the former Skelton Grange power station site. Cross Green market site is looking like the favourite [Source]. “The council is planning to build a multi-million pound facility – either a power-generating incinerator or a mechanical biological treatment plant” [Source]. (Entry updated 2009-08-03) |
| E | North Lincolnshire | Grimsby | Cyclerval UK & TIRU Group / Newlincs Development Ltd [See annual report] | 56,000 | Lincolnshire Anti-Incineration Alliance (LAIA) | Tonnes burned: 52,284 (2005); 48,749 (2006); 49,784 (2007); 54,744 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| E | South Yorkshire | Sheffield | Veolia ES Sheffield Limited [See annual report] | 225,000 | South Yorkshire Against Incineration (SAI) [Campaign update] | Veolia report experiencing “notable inefficiencies to the energy generating process” due to the facility's dependence on trade waste and have applied for planning permission to import 75,000 tonnes a year of extra waste from Barnsley, Doncaster and Chesterfield. Not to be decided by Sheffiled City Council Planning Committee until after new waste strategy is in place, but it seems likely that importing more waste will be allowed.
Tonnes burned: 196,505 (2007); 183,070 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
| E | West Yorkshire | Vine Street, Huddersfield, Kirklees | SITA (Kirklees) Limited [See annual report] | 150,000 | ? | Tonnes burned: 112,311 (2005); 108,003 (2006); 112,922 (2007); 87,003 (2008). (Entry updated 2009-12-29) |
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