Incinerator 'should be approved' say planners, as report reveals UK might not need any more incinerators
'YES' to the incinerator – that's the message from council planners.
Gloucestershire County Council officers announced yesterday that they are recommending approval of the controversial plans for a waste burner at Javelin Park, near Haresfield.
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Artist's impression of the proposed Gloucestershire incinerator
The announcement comes just days before the council's own planning committee decides the fate of the application by waste firm Urbaser Balfour Beatty.
Hundreds of people could witness councillors make their decision on March 21 at Kingsholm Stadium.
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If given the go-ahead, as looks set to be the case, the £500million burner will deal with 92 per cent of the county's residual waste and will run for the next 25 years.
But the recommendation comes as fears were raised that the UK will have too many incinerators. Some 100 of the burners are proposed nationally or are in the planning process – adding to the 32 that are already up and running. An influential report says they could become white elephants even before they are built.
Waste consultants Eunomia have warned that an overcapacity in the incinerator business could "compete with, not complement, recycling".
But the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has said that it will pull funding from some schemes to ensure no overcapacity occurs.
And Urbaser Balfour Beatty bosses remained buoyant in the wake of the report.
Project director Javier Peiro said: "The facility has been developed to support the county council's aspirations of recycling or composting 70 per cent of its municipal waste.
"Anything left after that still accounts for many thousands of tonnes of waste which needs to be dealt with.
"The council is doing the right thing in taking responsibility, rather than transporting it out of the county at much higher environmental and economic cost."
5 Comments
by Chas_Townley
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 9:45PM
“Full Officers Report to be considered by the Committee can be found at:
http://tinyurl.com/cqw5l7w
Well worth reading in full”
by Chas_Townley
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 9:44PM
“The full officer report to go to the Planning Committee can be found at:-
http://tinyurl.com/ceejz8z
Well worth reading in full”
by joyus1uk
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 12:01PM
“Agree "The council is doing the right thing in taking responsibility, rather than transporting it out of the county at much higher environmental and economic cost."
But Gloucestershire CC are contracting for the wrong process. EfW Incineration is a process that burns large amounts of recyclable waste that is worth good money to any company. It also employs fewer people. UBB are the contractors in a project in Essex that is not incineration based. When questioned by me about this they said that Essex CC knew what they wanted and it was not incineration. Glos CC produced a waste strategy that was committed to EfW Incineration and is going to cost the Council tax payers £500,000,000 over 25 years. They show no plans for the use of the waste heat produced by the plant except to heat the air over Gloucestershire. The EU looks as if it will bring in legislation to stop EfW Incineration in its tracks. Particulant size and density in emissions is likely to be severely curtailed. There are health concerns about particulants produced from diesel engine emissions. Javelin Park will require some 300+ movements per day by heavy goods vehicles. EU legislation is also likely to restrict the type of material that can be sent for Incineration with member states being required to recycle more from the waste they collect. Stroud District Council is looking to move its waste contract to a more environmentally sustainable solution. The new Avonmouth facility and the new one in Wiltshire shows that newer technologies are more efficient, far healthier for the population and for our pockets. Jeremy Irons is right. Waste Less, Recycle More and End Incineration.”
by geraint2010
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 10:25AM
“Maybe we need it - maybe we don't. What interests me, however, is not so much what it is but WHERE it is. The GCC merrily sanction more and more high-density housing for the common people within spitting distance of the proposed incinerator but what's the betting that not a single GGC councillor lives within a country mile of the proposed incinerator themselves?”
by Lecorche
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 10:02AM
“Looks like we're about to be mugged by GCC's version of Nepotism !”