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eastcroft energy from waste facility
Waste Recycling Group operates the energy from waste facility at Eastcroft, Nottingham.
The energy from waste facility produces heat and power for local users by burning around 150,000 tonnes of waste from Nottingham and the county each year.
Waste is brought to the facility after people have sorted out materials for recycling at home and at the Household Waste Recycling Centres.
Energy produced from burning waste helps to reduce the need for non-renewable fossil fuels and produces electricity for the local grid and heat (in the form of steam) for homes in the city centre.
In August 2007, WRG submitted a new planning application for a third line at the Eastcroft Energy from Waste facility that would increase capacity from 150,000 to 250,000 tonnes a year.
The planning application is currently before the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on appeal (Reference APP/Q3060/A/08/2063129/NWF). A planning inspector will now decide the appeal following a Public Inquiry.
WRG submitted amendments to the planning application, which is subject to appeal, to the Secretary of State on 8th May 2008. For more information about these amendments, along with other information submitted in relation to the Environmental Statement, please go to the 'Consultations' page.
Details for the Public Inquiry are as follows:
Time and Date: Starts on Tuesday 9th September 2008 at 10.00am
Venue: The Hilton Hotel, 38 Milton Street, Nottingham, NG1 2PZ
To find out more about the Public Inquiry please go to the 'Consultations' page.
waste is used to generate heat and power
