The link, below, shows an Edinburgh Evening News article from 18 March 2008 saying that Viridor has withdrawn its planning application for a super incinerator near Dunbar in Scotland because of tough new limits laid down by theScottish Governmentwhich state that no more than 25% of municipal waste can be burned.
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Incinerator--plan--9up.3887947.jp
In February, Veolia signed a contract with Southwark Council to manage their waste. The contract includes a Mechanical Biological Treatment plant. Bidders for the contract were specifically briefed NOT to include 'energy from waste' solutions i.e. incineration.
It's not perfect - it looks like Southwark will still send some waste to the Lewisham incinerator but it gives the lie to Veolia's claim that they don't run any other kind of waste treatment facility than incinerators.
Southwark signs deal with Veolia for new 25-year waste contract 12.2.2008
(Full article is at: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/Public/NewsArticle.aspx?articleId=28488)
One of the most ambitious local authority waste schemes in the UK was agreed on Monday (11 February) after Southwark Council signed a contract with Veolia Environmental Services Plc, its partner for the project. The PFI partnership with Veolia, the UK’s waste management market leader, is worth £665 million over 25 years and will deliver on council promises to increase the rate of recycling to nearly 50 per cent by 2021. Southwark aims to have the highest recycling rate of any urban authority in the UK. Veolia will provide Southwark with a fully integrated and sustainable waste service. This includes the construction of a purpose built state-of-the-art waste and recycling facility on the Old Kent Road.
How is Southwark currently operating its waste services? Southwark’s waste services currently consist of an in-house collection service for residents and business, and external processing of waste and recycling. At the moment 20% of our rubbish is recycled and about a quarter is sent to the South East London Combined Heat and Power (SELCHP) incinerator plant in Lewisham, where it is burned and electricity is generated. The rest - around 90,000 tonnes every year, is sent to landfill. That amount needs to be dramatically reduced. By 2020 we will be able to send less than less 6,000 tonnes.
Why has Southwark undertaken this waste initiative? Southwark is committed to the sustainability agenda and tackling climate change and already has a well functioning waste and recycling service. The council wants to continue to dramatically increase the recycling rate and recognises the need for long-term sustainable waste management.
The new facility on the Old Kent Road will us clean, green technology to:
• Deal with recycling collected from local homes
• Sort remaining rubbish to recycle as much waste as possible
• Turn as much remaining waste as possible into a fuel There will be no incineration on site, only mechanical and biological treatment facilities. The facility will be contained inside a building: noise, smell and traffic will be managed on site. The majority of material to leave the site will be products: compost, recyclables and fuel for energy generation. Residual waste on the site will be processed using a method known as Mechanical Biological Treatment. This involves sorting waste to remove things that can be recycled. Once sorted as much material as possible is recycled. Any waste that can't be recycled is broken down so that it can be used for fuel.
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