The energy from waste facility is a part of the joint sustainable waste management strategy adopted by East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Hull City Council.
Ten key facts about the energy from waste facility:
It is a key part of the councils’ joint waste strategy (Target 45+) for sustainably managing waste. Taken together with the councils’ other initiatives, it will help the councils achieve a minimum of 45% recycling and composting rate by 2010, (54.5% by 2020) and zero growth in waste by 2012.
It is safe, effective and uses reliable and proven technology
It will produce green electricity for the national grid equivalent to annual domestic need of 20,000 homes
It will treat up to 240,000 tonnes of waste a year that would otherwise go to landfill, removing 2,500 tonnes of greenhouse gases from being released into our air each year
It has the capacity to deal with the local waste that remains after at least 45 per cent of all household waste by 2010 (54 per cent by 2020) has been recycled and composted
It meets the latest European standards and will be strictly regulated by the Environment Agency
It is designed to be visually sympathetic with its surroundings at Salt End
It has easy vehicular access without using residential roads
Failure to implement it could result in residual waste going to landfill costing the councils jointly about £42m between 2009 and 2020
It will be developed and managed by Waste Recycling Group Ltd (WRG) in partnership jointly with the councils.
Policy statements and comments about energy from waste:
“We will also need to increase substantially the energy that we derive from waste and biomass.” – Rt. Hon Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister
“We believe that recovering energy from waste can contribute to a balanced energy policy.” - The UK Environment Agency
“Recovering energy from waste which cannot sensibly be reused or recycled is an essential component of a well-balanced energy policy.” – Waste Strategy for England 2007, Defra.
View planning information for the Saltend site.
