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Super incinerator gets money to burn

October 3rd, 2008

posted by Cptn

Plymouth’s incinerator is intended to cut down on landfill

Gone are the day’s of burning all your rubbish on bonfires, thank goodness, but as the chill in the air turns our attention to Guy Fawkes, it’s worth having a thought about Plymouth’s new super-incinerator, which came a step closer with £95 million in PFI money from Defra.

The incinerator will see nearly all biodegradable waste diverted from landfill sites by 2020 – up to 293,000 tonnes a year, according to the Western Morning News.

By taking up the scheme, the partnership of Plymouth City Council, Torbay Council and Devon County Counci is predicted to save £3 million over the next 30 years - the difference between shoveling the waste in landfill (£1.9 billion) to building said super incinerator (£1.6 billion).

Mark Turner, partnership project manager, told the paper: “Energy from waste incinerates waste and produces two types of heat. One can be turned into electricity and fed into the national grid and the other is steam. This is a clean technology and a reliable process.”

Nevertheless, environmental campaigners at Friends of the Earth are worried the money will be spent on a large-scale incinerator, fuelled by waste that could be recycled.

Mike Burkin, South West campaigns coordinator for the group, he told the paper: “We believe that it is much better for councils for go for smaller local facilities with more flexible ways of dealing with waste.

“Devon will end up with a massive incinerator which has to be fed with paper and plastic to keep it working.”

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