Sites where incinerators exist or are proposed

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Key

  • P means potential incinerator
  • E means existing incinerator
  • Capacity represents proposed/maximum permitted tonnes per annum (tpa)
  • CHP = Combined Heat and Power
  • Defra = Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • EA = Environment Agency
  • EfW = Energy from Waste
  • EoI = Expression of Interest
  • FoE = Friends of the Earth
  • GBP = Great British Pound (£)
  • MBT = Mechanical and Biological Treatment (facility)
  • OBC = Outline Business Case
  • PFI = Private Finance Initiative
  • RDF = Refuse Derived Fuel
  • SRF = Solid Recovered Fuel
  • tpa = tonnes per annum

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Incinerator Table

Bailiwick of Jersey

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P Jersey La Collette 2 Reclamation Area, La Collette, St. Helier Jersey Transport And Technical Services 126,000 The Jersey Democratic Alliance (JDA) and the Havre des Pas Residents Group The Bellozanne incinerator is “old, unreliable and fails to meet modern emissions standards and it must be replaced as soon as possible.” [Source]. La Collette has been identified as the replacement site and has been granted planning permission for a 105,000 tpa facility [Source] and [Source]. Local campaigners understand that the proposed facility may rely on importing waste from Guernsey.
E Jersey Bellozanne, St. Helier Jersey Transport And Technical Services 80-126,000 The Jersey Democratic Alliance (JDA) and the Havre des Pas Residents Group The Bellozanne incinerator has been closed for maintenance on the chimney. A need for further repair work was detected after inspection [Source]. The EfW is now 28 years old and well past its recommended lifespan of 25 years [Source]. “The current plant is old, unreliable and fails to meet modern emissions standards and it must be replaced as soon as possible.” [Source].

East Midlands

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P Derby (City) Megaloughton Lane Severn Trent Water ? Derby FoE [Campaign update] Severn Trent Water have applied for a permit to build a CHP plant at their sewage works on Megaloughton Lane, Derby
P Derby (City) Sites included in Waste Sites Development Plan ? 50,000 Derby FoE [Campaign update]

 Possible sites (Sinfin, Raynesway, Chaddesden Sidings South, Wyvern Way, Ascot Drive Industrial Estate, Ascot Drive, Chaddesden Sidings West, off Chequers Road, The Meadows Industrial Estate, Chequers Road) included in Preferred Options Report for the Derby and Derbyshire Waste Sites Development Plan. No technology has been chosen yet; these are possible waste sites outlined in the Waste Plan.
P Derby (City) Victory Road, Osmaston and/or Alveston O-Gen UK (Part of The AEA Group) 50,000 Derby FoE [Campaign update] Proposed 'waste wood' burning gasification incinerator plant
P Derbyshire Sites included in Waste Sites Development Plan ? 250,000 Derby FoE [Campaign update]

 Sites (Severn Trent's Landholding at Etwall and Egginton Parishes, Markham Vale, off Chesterfield Road, Nr. Long Duckmanton, Ryder Point, Hopton Parish, Wirksworth, 20 Bridge Street, Clay Cross [scoping opinion requested by Falcon Waste Development Land Company Ltd], Arkwright Opencast Yard (former colliery site near Chesterfield), Whitwell Quarry (near Worksop, Nottinghamshire), Stanton Works, Lows Lane, Stanton, Land north of Alfreton, Former Drakelow Power Station, Walton Road, Drakelow, Staveley Landfill Site, Hall Lane, Staveley, Chesterfield, Kirkvale Ltd, End of the Line Scrap Yard, Pool Street, Church Gresley Swadlincote) included in Preferred Options Report for the Derby and Derbyshire Waste Sites Development Plan as possible incinerator site (Council estimated calculations based on 250,000 tpa). No technology has been chosen yet; these are possible waste sites outlined in the Waste Plan. Note: This is in addition to the proposed 60,000 tpa gasification incinerator for commercial waste Source and Source].
P Leicestershire South Leicester Colliery Site, South Street, Ellistown, Coalville ? 180,000-200,000 Group currently being formed. Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development

 The Coalville site, owned by UK Coal, is mentioned in local press [Source] as one of several potential incinerator sites linked with Leicestershire County Council's PFI bid. Local residents defeated one UK Coal proposal for warehousing, and are opposing UK Coal's proposals again. “County Hall said its preferred option to divert more waste from landfill would be to burn it” [Source]. Expression of Interest approved, and Outline Business Case for PFI credits submitted to Defra (Entry updated 2/9/08)
P Leicestershire Whetstone Waste Site. Enderby Road, Whetstone, Leicester ? 180,000-200,000 FoE Leicestershire and Leicestershire Anti-Incinerator Network (LAIN) [Campaign update] [Source of reference to this site]. “County Hall said its preferred option to divert more waste from landfill would be to burn it”. Expression of Interest approved, and Outline Business Case for PFI credits submitted to Defra. An alternative site is though to be in Coalville [Source].
P Lincolnshire Caythorpe Heath Lane, Caythorpe, Grantham Bioflame Ltd ? Lincolnshire Anti-Incineration Alliance (LAIA) [Campaign update] Lincolnshire County Council granted Bioflame Ltd a change of use licence to install a small-scale biomass incinerator [Source]
P Lincolnshire Slippery Gowt Lane, Boston ? 150,000 Lincolnshire Anti-Incineration Alliance (LAIA) [Campaign update] Expression of interest submitted, Round 3 (back-up site if Whisby Road fails)
P Lincolnshire Whisby Road, North Hykeham, Lincoln Waste Recycling Group (WRG) 150,000 Lincolnshire Anti-Incineration Alliance (LAIA) [Campaign update] Studio E appointed to design facility on this site [Source]. WRG is part of the Spanish construction and services group, Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC).
P Northamptonshire off Gretton Brook Road, Corby ? 150,000 ? Site identified in Expression of Interest (submitted to Defra in Round 3).
P Nottingham (City) Eastcroft, Incinerator Rd, off Cattle Market Road Waste Recycling Group (WRG) 260,000 Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill (NAIL) [Campaign update] Plans to expand capacity of the existing Eastcroft incinerator from 160,000 tpa to 260,000 tpa. IPPC permit for 260,000 tpa secured. Eastcroft has had some problems and will need to close for a GBP20million refurbishment. The 3-week public inquiry into WRG proposed expansion will start on 9th September 2008. 60,000 tpa currently comes from Nottinghamshire.
P Nottinghamshire Old Rufford Colliery Car Park, Rainworth (near Mansfield) Veolia Environmental Services 210,000 People Against Incineration (PAIN) [Campaign update] Planning application and IPPC permit application submitted December 2007 - consultation is ongoing
E Nottingham (City) Eastcroft, Incinerator Rd, off Cattle Market Road Waste Recycling Group (WRG) / WasteNotts (Reclamation) Ltd 160,000 Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill (NAIL) [Campaign update]

 IPPC permit for 260,000 tpa secured. Eastcroft has had some problems and will need to close for a GBP20million refurbishment.The 3-week public inquiry into WRG proposed expansion will start on 9th September 2008. 60,000 tpa currently comes from Nottinghamshire. Plans to expand capacity from 160,000 tpa to 260,000 tpa (Note: included in this map as a 'potential site'.

East of England

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P Bedfordshire Rookery Pit / Ampthill near Stewartby Bedfordshire County Council via the Bedfordshire Energy and Recycling Project / Marsdon Vale 100,000 ? “Stewartby site top of shortlist of 3 for incinerator plant” [Source]. Expression of interest (for Round 4 PFI funding) has been approved by Defra: “Work to date suggests that the preferred residual treatment technology for Bedfordshire is likely to be a Combined Heat & Power (CHP) solution”…EoI includes the estimated capital cost of a 100,000 tonne per annum direct energy from waste plant plus further infrastructure… Bedfordshire County Council has settled on a site just the other side of Ampthill for its proposed incinerator [Source, Source]. Outline Business Case for Bedfordshire Energy and Recycling (BEAR) project rubber stamped by Bedford Borough Council's implementation executive Source and Source (Entry updated 14/10/08)
P Cambridgeshire 4th Drove, Fengate, Peterborough Peterborough Renewable Energy Ltd (PREL) 650,000 ? “The planned city incinerator in Fourth Drove, Fengate, referred to by the council as an “energy-from-waste plant”, would generate power from non-recyclable waste. It would also be used as an alternative to the Dogsthorpe waste centre when it is filled and closed in 2013″ [Source]. Described as a gassification plant [Source].
P Essex Chelmsford (Sandon) Veolia ? Essex FoE / Essex Green Party Site owned by Veolia. This 'major waste site' has permission in the Essex and Southend Waste Plan for waste use, including incinerator. No technology choice has been made yet. Another major waste site included in the Waste Plan is North Weald.
P Essex Courtauld Road, Burnt Mills Industrial. Estate, Basildon ? 565,000 Essex FoE / Essex Green Party Integra Limited own the site, leased by Essex County Council, who are about to decide on planning permission (Friday 25th July 2008). MBT Plant that could produce refuse derived fuels to be incinerated. Essex County Council have ruled out a 'mass burn incinerator' on this site [Source].
P Essex Rivenhall Airfield, Coggeshall Road (Braintree) Golder Associates/Gent Fairhead 360,000 Essex and Colchester FoE / Eastern Green Party

 Gent Fairhead own the site, which is included in Waste PFI Final Business Case as expected incinerator site. A planning application has been submitted for a 360,000 tpa incinerator (called a CHP plant by the developers) to burn around 200,000 RDF which would include municipal, commercial and industrial wastes from across Essex plus around 100,000 tpa paper pulp residues from Eastern Region plus a further amount of undisclosed material. The Stop the Incinerator campaign is now in full swing with regular updates at http://www.eastern.greenparty.org.uk and http://www.bugleonline.co.uk This is a cross community campaign to encourage residents in the villages around the airfield to object before the planning deadline of 29th October 2008 (Entry updated 2/10/08).
P Essex Stanway Hall Quarry, Colchester Cory 300,000 Essex and Colchester FoE / Essex Green Party Approved for 250,000 tpa MBT and 50,000 tpa AD at this site in October 2007. Site permitted for landfill. Site could also host an incinerator. Colchester Borough Council have pulled out of the incinerator arrangement, and are in the process of rescinding the Memorandum of Understanding.
P Hertfordshire New Barnfield ? 400,000 ? This site was identified in the EoI (for Round 4 PFI funding), which has been approved by Defra: GBP100 million for Energy from Waste incineration (CHP).
P Norfolk Riverside Industrial Estate, Estuary Road, Kings Lynn Cyclerval UK (TIRU) 200,000 Norfolk Against Incineration & Landfill (NAIL2) and Norwich FoE [Campaign update] According to local campaigners, Riverside Industrial Estate, earmarked for “thermal/incineration/CHP”, is the only Norfolk site owned/leased by Cycleval UK. Therefore if Norfolk County Council award (Waste Contract B) to Cycleval then campaigners believe that the company will opt for this site. If another company is awarded the contract then the site could still be chosen for an incinerator.
P Norfolk Saddlebow Industrial Estate, Kings Lynn ? 200,000 Norfolk Against Incineration & Landfill (NAIL2) and Norwich FoE [Campaign update] Expression of Interest submitted, Round 3 Defra funding. Willow Industrial Estate is owned by Norfolk County Council, and is earmarked for mixed residual technology “including thermal/incineration”. The site is included in Norfolk County Council's Waste and Mineral Plan. Other possible sites include: Costessey, Beck Farm, East Bilney, East Dereham, Land off Brettenham Road, Kilverstone, Thetford or Thetford Transfer Station, Burrell Way, Thetford.
P Suffolk Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, Ipswich ? 350,000 Suffolk Against Incineration and Landfill (SAIL) and Mid Suffolk FoE

 Suffolk County Council's Outline Business Case (OBC) submitted to Defra in October 2007 and in it this site is included as a reference incinerator project. Suffolk County Council is currently concluding contracts with two private sector contractors - WML for treatment of 40,000 tpa MSW (27,000 tpa BMW diversion) at the Lakeside EfW plant (currently under construction - experiencing technical problems and 1-year delay) for a five year period commencing 1 April 2009; and Donarbon Ltd for the treatment of 20,000 tonnes per annum MSW (9,000 tpa BMW diversion) at a MBT plant (to be built at their Waterbeach site) for a five year period commencing 1 April 2010. “Following a Freedom of Information request it emerged that two of the sites on that shortlist were Clickett Hill at Felixstowe as well as a further site in Great Blakenham. It is believed that the former sugar beet factory site in Sproughton and the Works in Brantham were also on the shortlist.” [Source].

Isle of Man

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
E Isle of Man Richmond Hill, Douglas Sita 60,000 ? Local campaigners are concerned about nearby farmland showing signs of pollution. It is believed that pollution testing is currently underway.

London

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P East London near the Fairview Industrial Estate, Rainham East London Sustainable Energy Facility (ELSEF) Novera Ventures Ltd (Shanks & Enerkem) 105,000 ? Gasification plant to be permitted to burn SRF (from municipal waste). See Defra description of this project from page 52 of New Technologies Demonstrator Programme Catalogue of Applications. Shanks East London, in partnership with Sistema Ecodeco in Italy, has built two Mechanical and Biological MRFs (Bio MRFs), one at Frog Island and one at Jenkins Lane in Newham. Household rubbish goes through several processes which will produce a Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF), a more environmentally-friendly alternative to conventional fossil fuels. This SRF can be used in the cement industry as a fossil fuel replacement or can be burnt in waste for power plants to produce electricity [Source].
P North London Brent Cross, Barnet Hammerson and Standard Life Investments (owners of Brent Cross Shopping Centre) and Cricklewood Regeneration Limited (Brookfield Europe and Hammerson) 130,000 Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development

 Brent Cross Cricklewood Development application submitted to Barnet Council on 25 March 2008. The scheme aims to be the first in the UK to combine automated waste collection through a network of underground pipes, linked directly to a new waste handling and recycling facility. The waste collected would produce fuel for a combined heat and power plant on site [Source]. The site includes Brent Cross Shopping Centre to the north, the A41 and Brent Cross London Underground station to the east, Cricklewood Lane to the south and the A5 to the west [Source]. “…it is recognised that a major waste handling facility linked with a thermal treatment plant of refuse derived fuel on a CHP basis has significant planning and programme implications. Nonetheless, such facility will be proposed to be in place for phase one of the development” [Source]. UKWIN has learnt that kitchen waste is to go to AD, and gasification technology is to be used for CHP (SLR, 24/7/08). It would therefore not be a “mass burn” type of incinerator, but as it would be covered by the Waste Incineration Directive it has been included as a potential incinerator site. Note: The capacity of 130,000 tpa includes a portion used for business waste.
P North London Tower Hamlets The North London Waste Authority (NWLA) ? ? The North London Waste Authority (NWLA) has submitted an Expression of Interest to Defra that refers to a possible site in Tower Hamlets. The NWLA are currently drafting a shortlist of sites for further consideration. They are “keen to see a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) solution that makes use of steam as well as electricity” [Source].
P South East London Belvedere (Bexley) Riverside Resource Recovery Limited / Cory 700,000 Bexley And District Against Incineration Risks (BADAIR) [Campaign update] Expression of interest (for Round 4 PFI funding) has been approved by Defra: “investment in residual waste treatment” necessary
P West London Civic Way, South Ruislip ? 320,000 Ealing Friends of the Earth and Ealing Green Party 320,000 to be split between the two West London sites. Energy from Waste and MBT are the two preferred options, and current transfer stations their preferred sites, although “It may be that Brentford and South Ruislip may not be quite large enough to accommodate new plants of a scale to take all the waste that these sites currently deal with.” [Source, Source].
P West London Transport Avenue, Brentford ? 320,000 Ealing Friends of the Earth and Ealing Green Party 320,000 to be split between the two West London sites. Energy from Waste and MBT are the two preferred options, and current transfer stations their preferred sites, although “It may be that Brentford and South Ruislip may not be quite large enough to accommodate new plants of a scale to take all the waste that these sites currently deal with.” [Source, Source].
E North London Edmonton London Waste Ltd 675,000 London Against Incineration ?
E South East London Lewisham South East London Combined Heat and Power Limited / Veolia 488,000 ? ?

North East

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P South Tyne & Wear Gateshead Eco Park ? 200,000 [Campaign update] South Tyne & Wear Waste Partnership (Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland) - “EfW with Combined Heat and Power (CHP) would be the most easily introduced along with new infrastructure and would work well as part of a new industrial estate or Eco Park”. Outline Business Case submitted to Defra in October 2007.
P Teesside (Cleveland) Haverton Hill Road, Billingham, Stockton SITA 256,000 [Campaign update] The North East Energy Recovery Centre (NEERC) has “a proposed capacity of 256,000 tonnes of household and commercial waste a year, although there are not contracts currently in place” [Source]. Not to be confused with the existing 260,000 tpa Haverton Hill facility and its proposed 125,000 tpa expansion. (Entry updated 4/8/08)
E Tees Valley Unitary Authorities Haverton Hill Road, Billingham, Teesside SITA Tees Valley Limited 388,000 ? “The facility has two furnace lines with a combined processing capacity of 250,000 tonnes of municipal waste per year. A third line is currently under construction which will be capable of processing a further 125,000 tonnes of municipal waste.” [Source]. EA permitted capacity was 263,000 tpa in 2007. In addition to SITA's proposed expansion there is potential for a new build next door! (Entry updated 4/8/08)

North West

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P Cheshire Griffiths Road, Lostock Gralam, Northwich Waste Recycling Group (WRG) 350,000 CHeshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) [Campaign update] WRG plans to build and operate an incinerator on the former Brunner Mond power station. The plant will be capable of handling up to 350,000 tonnes of household, commercial and industrial waste. A primary school lies within half a mile and residential housing lies within 500 metres of the site.
P Cheshire Ince Marsh Peel Environmental Ince Ltd 670,000 CHeshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) [Campaign update] and Residents Against INcineration (RAIN) [Campaign update] In February 2006 Peel Holdings submitted a planning proposal for a 'Resource Recovery Park' to Cheshire County Council. Within these plans, which include provision for a major recycling initiative, were plans for a massive 670,000 tonne EfW (Energy from Waste) incinerator. In May 2008 a public inquiry opened in Frodsham to assess the viability of this proposal. RAIN are publishing daily updates of the Inquiries progress on their site - visit RAIN's daily diary
P Cheshire Junction 18 Midpoint, Cledford Lane, Middlewich Covanta Energy 390,000 CHeshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) [Campaign update] Middlewich is just five miles away from the proposed site at Lostock Gralam. If the plans get the green light, this could mean that Middlewich will be home to not only a landfill site at Kinderton Lodge, but also an incinerator.
P Cheshire Picow Road Farm, Weston Point, Runcorn Ineos Chlor 850,000 CHeshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) [Campaign update] and Halton Action Group Against The Incinerator (Halton Breathe/HAGATI) Despite being granted planning permission for the monster facility by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), the campaign opposing Ineos Chlor's proposals is still going strong. Suspect calculations used to justify the stack height are to be further investigated (Entry updated 2/10/08). The plan is to build a massive 105 metre stack and a capacity for burning 850,000 tonnes of waste per year. This would make it the biggest incinerator of its type in Europe.
P Cheshire Pyms Lane, Crewe ? ? CHeshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) [Campaign update] Included as potential thermal treatment site in Cheshire County Council's Replacement Waste Local Plan (adopted July 2007).
P Cheshire Winsford Eastern Industrial Estate, Winsford ? ? CHeshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) [Campaign update] Included as potential thermal treatment site in Cheshire County Council's Replacement Waste Local Plan (adopted July 2007) as potential waste incinerator site. Rejected (for now?). [Source].
P Cumbria Barrow in Furness, Park Road/Ramsden Dock Shanks Group ? ? Shanks Group (preferred bidder).
P Lancashire Blackburn, Chapel SITA? ? Action to Reduce and Recycle Our Waste (ARROW) [Campaign update]

 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is considering energy from waste/thermal treatment as possible options for future waste management, but these options will be considered along with other existing, new and emerging technologies. No site has yet been identified for the facility but it is likely to be within the administrative boundary of the Council.
P Merseyside Knowsley Business Park Energos, part of ENER-G 327,000 Communities Against Toxics Merseyside

 95,000 tpa gasification proposal just submitted [Source]. Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority's preferred sites are: An existing waste transfer centre at Stonebridge Lane, Gillmoss; Butlers Farm, north of Knowsley industrial estate, Kirkby; Crab Tree Rough, next to the Getrag Ford car plant, Halewood; Ditton railway sidings, near Widnes. The GBP 90 million allocated to Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority Waste Private Finance Initiative (PFI) Project includes a Refuse Derived Fuel Burner: 327,000 tonnes per annum. Scheduled to become operational 2013 [Source]. On behalf of the Merseyside Waste Partnership we are currently in the process of procuring new waste management contracts to provide services following the expiry of our existing arrangements in 2008. The Resource Recovery Contract (RRC) is primarily for the development of facilities that will create energy from residual waste (i.e. waste which can't be recycled in any other way). This contract will be procured through Competitive Dialogue. The applicants for the contract are: Covanta, Global Renewables (Bovis Lend Lease Holdings Ltd), Elliniki Technodomiki (Helector SA), Resource from Waste Alliance Consortium (United Utilities Contract Solutions Ltd, Land Securities Trillium), Shanks Group plc, SITA UK Ltd (Peel Environmental Holdings, RBS), Veolia ES Aurora Ltd, Viridor, VT Group Ltd, Waste Recycling Group Ltd [Source].
E Cheshire Ellesmere Port, Wirral Veolia ES Cleanaway (UK) Limited 100,000 CHeshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN) [Campaign update] Permitted to incinerate a wide range of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes.
E Greater Manchester Bolton Greater Manchester Waste Ltd 127,100 ? ?

Scotland

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P Aberdeen Altens Industrial Estate or Peterhead, Aberdeen Buchan Combined Heat and Power Ltd 100,000 Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) [Campaign update] and the Aberdeen No Incinerator group Planning application has been submitted.
P Dumfrieshire Dargavel Stores, Lockerbie Road, Dumfries Ascot Environmental 60,000 Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) [Campaign update] Proposed EFW (Energy from Waste) plant to use Pyrolysis or Gasification. Permit application submitted to Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) [Source]. Possibly linked with Shanks' existing Dunfries and Galloway MBT plant.
P East Lothian Oxwellmains, Dunbar Viridor 300-350,000 Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) and Incensed Residents Against Toxic Emissions (IRATE) [Campaign update] Viridor withdrew its planning application for an incinerator near Dunbar in Scotland because of new limits laid down by the Scottish Government stating that no more than 25% of municipal waste can be burned. Viridor unveiled revised proposals for Oxwellmains EfW facility (13/5/08). A new planning application has been submitted.
P Highlands Cromarty Firth Industrial Estate in Invergordon Combined Power and Heat (Highlands) Ltd 100-130,000 Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) [Campaign update] CHP applied for [Source].
P Morayshire Elgin J Gordon Williamson 30,000 Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) [Campaign update] Granted planning permission for energy from waste [Source].
P North Ayrshire Irvine BioGen Power Limited 38-80,000 Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) [Campaign update] Planning permission granted
P North Lanarkshire Drumshangie near Greengairs Airdrie North Limited 300,000 Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) and Greengairs Community Council [Campaign update] Application submitted
P Perth Bin Farm, Glenfarg SITA 60,000 Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) and Tayside Environmental Action Group [Campaign update] Planning permission granted
E Dundee, Angus (Tayside) Forties Road, Baldovie Industrial Estate Dundee Energy Recycling Ltd (DERL) 120,000 Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) [Campaign update] Dundee Energy Recycling Ltd (DERL) is a special purpose company, formed between BICC plc, Kvaerner Investments and Dundee City Council, under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI).
E Shetland Islands Peak Load Boiler Station, Gremista, Lerwick Shetland Heat Energy & Power Ltd 26,000 Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland) [Campaign update] The incinerator burns domestic and commercial waste from Shetland, Orkney and from the offshore oil industry.

South East

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P Berkshire Colnbrook, Slough Lakeside Energy From Waste Limited (S Grundon Waste and Viridor) 410,000 Slough's Anti-Incinerator Network (SAIN) and The Air That We Breathe Group (TATWBG) [Campaign update] Construction delayed by a year [Source]. The Air That We Breathe Group (TATWBG) is opposed to the operation of the Colnbrook Incinerator as Salisbury's residual waste is to go there. The plant is due to take waste from Berkshire, Wiltshire and Dorset. Also, the SRF from the Westbury MBT Plant is to be incinerated in the cement kilns of Lafarge Westbury (this is known as coincineration), and opposing this is at the centre of TATWBG's campaigning activity.
P Buckinghamshire Calvert, Aylesbury ? 275,000 Buckinghamshire Residents Against Incinerators (BRAINS) [Campaign update] Other potential sites for this facility are also being considered (see Wapseys Wood entry).
P Buckinghamshire Wapseys Wood or Springfield Farm ? 275,000 Buckinghamshire Residents Against Incinerators (BRAINS) [Campaign update] Wapseys Wood, between Gerrards Cross and Beaconsfield, thought to be the more likely site. Other potential sites for this facility are also being considered (see Calvert, Aylesbury entry).
P East Kent Sandwich, Dover and environs ? 200,000 Southeast Action Group for the Environment (SAGE) Decisions on whether Kent should have up to two more incinerators to deal with a growing mountain of rubbish are facing an indefinite delay, county planners have admitted [Source]. Potential sites include: Richborough Power Station, Ramsgate Road; Link Park Lympne Industrial Estate; Former Tilmanstone Colliery, Pike Rd, Eythorne and White Cliffs Business Park (both in Dover); and Whitfield.
P East Sussex Newhaven Veolia ES South Downs Ltd 242,000 Defenders of the Ouse Valley and Estuary (DOVE) [Campaign update] and Lewes District Friends of the Earth “Controvercial plans for an incinerator in Newhaven will be discussed at the High Court on Monday 21st July 2008″ [Source].
P Oxfordshire Ardley Viridor 300,000 Oxford FoE [Campaign update] and Oxford Brookes People and Planetand Ardley Against the Incinerator (AAI) Down to two bidders, Both sites are landfill at present [Source]. There is the possibility that incinerators could be built at both Oxfordshire sites, although only one of the two companies will be awarded the Oxfordshire County Council waste contract. A second incinerator would be purely commercial.
P Oxfordshire Sutton Courtney (Between Abingdon and Didcot) Waste Recycling Group (WRG) 300,000 Oxford FoE [Campaign update] and Oxford Brookes People and Planetand Sutton Courtenay Against the Incinerator (SCAI) Down to two bidders, Both sites are landfill at present [Source]. WRG submitting planning application week commencing 21st July 2008 [Source]. There is the possibility that incinerators could be built at both Oxfordshire sites, although only one of the two companies will be awarded the Oxfordshire County Council waste contract. A second incinerator would be purely commercial. Oxfordshire County Council was presented with a petition organised by Sutton Courtenay Against the Incinerator. WRG, which owns the Sutton Courtenay landfill site, put in a planning application for an incinerator in August (Entry updated 2/10/08).
P Surrey Clockhouse Brickworks, Horsham Road, Capel, Dorking Surrey Waste Management Ltd / SITA 130,000 Guildford Anti-Incinerator Network (GAIN) [Campaign update] and Capel Action Group Planning application being considered by Surrey County Council's Planning Committee agenda. The recommendation from the Planning Officer is, subject to referral to the Secretary of State as a departure and subject to the prior completion of a S 106 legal agreement to secure the routing of HGV vehicles and a travel plan, to PERMIT subject to conditions, citing the 'need' for such a facility and the lack of suitable alternatives (Entry updated 2/10/08).
P Surrey Trumps Farm at Longcross, near Virginia Water Surrey Waste Management Ltd 160,000 Guildford Anti-Incinerator Network (GAIN) [Campaign update] and Wentworth Residents Association (WRA) & Residents against Incineration (RAI) and Virginia Water Community Association and Incinerator Action Surrey Waste Management submitted a planning application for the Trumps Farm site at Longcross in mid-July 2008. Local campaigners (GAIN) expect a decision on the Trumps Farm application to be early in 2009 (Entry updated 2/10/08).
P West Sussex 16 sites shortlisted by West Sussex County Council Biffa and/or Veolia ? ? Shortlisted: Blue Prince mushroom site in Poling, near Littlehampton - Ford Airfield in Ford - The Lec site in Bognor - Lineside Way in Littlehampton - Bepton Road depot in Midhurst - Candy House in Rutland Way, Chichester - Fuel depot in Bognor Road, Chichester - Portfield in Chichester - Holmbush Farm in Faygate - Land adjoining Oakhurst Business Park in Southwater - Nowhurst Business Centre in Strood Green, Billinghurst - Shoreham Cement Works in Upper Beeding - Warnham Brickworks, near Horsham - Fairbridge Way in Burgess Hill - Imberhorne Lane in East Grinstead, and - Decoy Farm in East Worthing. West Sussex County Council has drawn up a shortlist of potential plots which could become home to an incinerator or another type of waste-to-energy facility. Although the contractor can submit a planning application for a new plant anywhere in the county, the council publishes the list after extensive research as guidance to developers. “West Sussex County Council has a preference for non-incineration. We want to reduce landfill and we aim to try to recover as many resources as possible from waste.” [Source].

E Hampshire Marchwood, Southampton Veolia ES Hampshire Ltd 187,000 ? ?
E Hampshire Portsmouth Veolia ES Hampshire Ltd 187,000 ? ?
E Hampshire Whitmarsh Lane, Chineham, Basingstoke Veolia ES Hampshire Ltd 102,000 The Basingstoke Burner Action Campaign (BBAC) ?
E Isle of Wight Forest Park, Forest Road, Newport Waste Gas Technology UK Ltd / ENER-G Group / Island Waste Services (Biffa) 38,000 ? Permitted to burn RDF and clean wood waste. Gasification plant built but not yet operational [Source]. This Demonstrator project relates to the upgrading of an existing waste incinerator on the Isle of Wight [Source].
E Kent Allington, Maidstone Kent Enviropower Ltd / Waste Recycling Group (WRG) 500,000 Guildford Anti-Incinerator Network (GAIN) [Campaign update] and Against Incineration in Maidstone Kent Local Environment Action Now (AIM-KLEAN)

 In the summer of 2007, during testing, the furnace linings were found to be faulty. The lining has now been stripped off and replaced. Kent Enviropower /WRG have announced on their website that: “…procedures to start all three lines have begun and the facility is expected to start burning waste later today” [Friday 26th September 2008]. “The facility is also accepting deliveries of waste. The next round of performance tests on the EfW facility are due to begin next week. These tests are a normal part of the commissioning process, and are designed to ensure that the facility is operating efficiently before Kent Enviropower takes it over, and begins commercial operations. The Materials Recovery Facility is also operating and accepting deliveries of recyclables” [Source] (Entry updated 2/10/08).

South West

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P Cornwall Rostowrack Farm, St Dennis SITA Cornwall Ltd. 240,000 Cornwall Sustainable Waste Network (CSWN) and St. Dennis Incinerator Group (STIG) [Campaign update] Planning application submitted - consultation ongoing. May damage organic food industry.
P Devon Ernesettle, Plymouth, Devon / Coypool ? 220,000 ? EfW being considered. “I understand Ernesettle is the first choice, followed by Coypool.” -Cllr Chris Pattison [Source].
P Devon Matford Park Energy from Waste Plant, Marsh Barton, Exeter Viridor 60,000 Exeter Friends of the Earth [Campaign update] Combined Heat and Power. Planning permission granted in July 2007 [Source].
P Dorset Ferndown ? ? ? Previous MBT plans scrapped. Mentioned as a potential site in Expression of Interest (for Round 4 PFI funding), which has been approved by Defra [Source, and Source].
P Dorset Hurn (Bournemouth Airport) ? ? ? Previous MBT plans scrapped. Mentioned as a potential site in Expression of Interest (for Round 4 PFI funding), which has been approved by Defra [Source, and Source].
P Gloucestershire Quedgeley, Javelin Park ? 270,000 ? MBT abandoned September 2005 with 2 remaining bidders, as solutions “too expensive”. In October 2007, Gloucestershire County Council's Cabinet approved Gloucestershire's Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy with worst case scenario of 270,000 tonnes to divert from landfill, based on the draft Waste Core Strategy Preferred Options report (page 35). 170,000 tonne facility used in Gloucestershire's proposed Outline Business Case (OBC sent to Defra for approval). Javelin Park identified as most likely site in OBC [Source].
P West of England Partnership Avonmouth, Bristol Halcrow 160,000 Bristol Against Mass Burn Incineration (BAMBI) and FoE Bristol and West of England Liberal Democrats West of England Partnership (Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire) [Bath & North East Somerset have dropped out of the incineration aspect of the Partnership]. Expression of Interest (for round 4 PFI funding) has been approved by Defra. Site not finalised. Avonmouth considered because of existing facilities there.
E Isles of Scilly Portmellon Council of The Isles of Scilly 3,500 ? ?

Wales

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P Cardiff Trident Park, Cardiff Bay Viridor and PMG Estates Ltd 500,000 Cardiff FoE [Campaign update] [Source].
E South West Wales Crymlyn Burrows, Swansea Neath Port Talbot Recycling Ltd / Neath Port Talbot Council 52,500 ? Neath Port Talbot Council is understood to be suing Bridgend for around GBP5m in connection with problems relating to the Crymlyn Burrows Materials Recovery and Energy Centre (MREC) [Source], while at the same time Neath Port Talbot Council has issued a High Court writ against the Currie & Brown Group responsible for technical advice over failed incinerator [Source]. The GBP54 million claim, issued in the Bristol District Registry, concerns the cause of deficiencies at the waste-to-energy plant and damages the council claims to have suffered as a result of the plant's alleged failure to perform [Source].

West Midlands

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P Birmingham Tyseley, Birmingham Tyseley Waste Disposal Ltd (Veolia) 400,000+ ? Possible expansion of existing facility being considered
P Shropshire Shrewsbury Veolia 90,000 Safe Waste Shropshire [Campaign update] Subject to planning approval…
P Staffordshire The Dell, Enterprise Drive, Four Ashes near Cannock Marsdon Vale 300,000 Staffordshire Against Incineration (SAIN) [Campaign update] Brewood and Coven Council has resolved to ask Staffordshire County Council to re-consider the scheme proposed under planning application 08/00601/COM on the grounds that the exceptional size of the proposed incinerator facility at Four Ashes is detrimental to South Staffordshire and consequential emissions from the plant and high volume of traffic on nearby roads would be harmful to residents and cause significant road congestion (Entry updated 2/10/08).
P Telford and Wrekin Granville Landfill Site, Grange Lane, Redhill, Telford SITA with Cyclerval UK (TIRU) 62,000 Telford Protest Against Incinerator Now (TelfordPAIN) and Telford Friends of the Earth and Safe Waste Shropshire [Campaign update] Planning application expected in 2008. “Cyclerval is promising local residents 'some of the most sophisticated monitoring and pollution control equipment available', to fend off concerns about emissions” [Source]. (Entry updated 13/9/08)
P Warwickshire Rugby Cemex 150,000 ? Cemex propose Rugby 300,000 tpa facility to turn household and commercial waste into 150,000 tpa fuel to feed cement kiln incinerators [Source]. Location not known, so Local Authority Town Hall used for placemarker.
P West Midlands Met Districts Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull Viridor or possibly Veolia 350,000 Coventry Friends of the Earth [Campaign update] and Coalition for Recycling and Against Coventry Incinerator (CRACIN) Expression of interest (for GBP93 million of Round 4 PFI funding) has been approved by Defra: “The analysis indicates that from both an environmental and a financial perspective the strategic way forward for the partners is to build a new EfW facility of this capacity…For the purposes of this EoI, a potential site which is owned by Coventry has been identified.” Possible site in Whitley, Coventry.
P Worcestershire Site unknown Mercia Waste Management / Severn Waste Services ? ? In August 2008 Worcestershire County Council's Head of Environmental Services described the construction of a massive incinerator plant a “distinct possibility” [Source] as it is the favoured option of Mercia/Severn, with whom they have a 25 year waste contract. Worcestershire and Herefordshire councils signed a 25-year waste contract in 2001 with Mercia Waste Management, to be delivered by its sister company Severn Waste Services. Mercia failed in 2001/2 with their plans for an incinerator in Kidderminster. The sites currently being considered have yet to be revealed. (Entry updated 4/8/08)
E Stoke on Trent Stoke MES Environmental Limited 210,000 ? ?
E West Midlands Met Districts Birmingham Tyseley Waste Disposal Ltd / Veolia 400,000 ? Possible expansion planned
E West Midlands Met Districts Coventry The Coventry & Solihull Waste Disposal Company Ltd 315,000 ? Currently burns around 240,000 tpa. Expected to reach end of life 2016-2021. Moves are afoot to replace / expand exisiting facility.
E West Midlands Met Districts Dudley, West Midlands MES Environmental Limited 105,000 ? ?
E West Midlands Met Districts Wolverhampton MES Environmental Limited 110,000 ? ?

Yorkshire & the Humber

  Sub-Region Site Name(s) Operator / Developer Capacity Campaign Group(s) Operational Status / Notes
P Hull (and East Riding) Saltend Waste Recycling Group (WRG) 240,000 FoE Hull [Campaign update] IPPC permit revoked by EA March 2008; Expression of interest (for Round 4 PFI funding) has been approved by Defra. Delays send waste plant costs soaring to GBP144m [Source] (Entry updated 16/10/08)
P North Lincolnshire Melton Ross Quarries, Barnetby Singleton-Birch ? Group currently being formed. Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development

 Company website refers to possibility of incinerating household waste via gasification to “generate electricity and heat, both of which are used in Singleton Birch's large lime plant” [Source]. Planning application is anticipated in the near future. (Entry updated 2/9/08)
P North Yorkshire Unit 86 Marston Moor Business Park, Tockwith BCB Environmental Management Ltd. 60,000 Tockwith Residents Association and Dalton Incinerator Steering Committee (DISC)

 Planning application submitted - consultation ongoing. Formal objection to proposed gasification incinerator by councillors. Also see the Preferred Options paper for the North Yorkshire plan (page 22 and onwards of the PDF). In March 2008 a press release noted the shortlisting of bidders for the PFI funding and that the evaluation of final tenders is likely to happen before Christmas 2008 with the announcement of a preferred bidder in January 2009. Dalton Incinerator Steering Committee (DISC) scores early victory as Public Examiner sends North Yorkshire County Council back to consult! See UKWIN article for more (Entry updated 2/10/08).
P South Yorkshire Barnsley (in partnership with Doncaster and Rotherham) ? ? South Yorkshire Against Incineration (SAI) [Campaign update] “Examining the possibility of building an incinerator”. PFI bid approved. Because Veolia report experiencing “notable inefficiencies to the energy generating process” due to their Sheffield facility's dependence on trade waste they have applied for planning permission to import 75,000 tonnes a year of extra waste from Barnsley, Doncaster and Chesterfield.
P West Yorkshire Bradford and Calderdale ? ? ? The Council selected a hybrid option of Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT), in-vessel composting and thermal treatment as its Reference Project - Site options list timetabled for September / October 2008. PFI bid approved by Defra. No site selected, so marker points to Town Hall.
P West Yorkshire Leeds ? ? FoE Leeds GBP68.6 million PFI approved March 2008, no contractor chosen. “The decision has not yet been taken about which technology will be used to deal with the waste that isn't recycled and will not be made until 2010″ [Source]. Four potential sites have now been identified. They are Knostrop sewage works, land adjacent to this site, the wholesale market and the former Skelton Grange power station site. No site selected, so marker points to Town Hall.
P York York ? 225,000 York Residents Against Incineration Facilities being procured to treat and divert away from landfill 225,000 tonnes per annum. Also see the Preferred Options paper for the North Yorkshire plan (page 22 and onwards of the PDF). In March 2008 a press release noted the shortlisting of bidders for the PFI funding and that the evaluation of final tenders is likely to happen before Christmas 2008 with the announcement of a preferred bidder in January 2009. No technology chosen yet.
E North Lincolnshire Grimsby Cyclerval UK & TIRU Group / Newlincs Development Ltd 56,000 Lincolnshire Anti-Incineration Alliance (LAIA) [Campaign update] ?
E South Yorkshire Sheffield Veolia ES Sheffield Limited 225,000 South Yorkshire Against Incineration (SAI) [Campaign update] Veolia report experiencing “notable inefficiencies to the energy generating process” due to the facility's dependence on trade waste and have applied for planning permission to import 75,000 tonnes a year of extra waste from Barnsley, Doncaster and Chesterfield.
E West Yorkshire Vine Street, Huddersfield, Kirklees SITA (Kirklees) Limited 150,000 ? ?

Why UKWIN Opposes Waste Incineration

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Disclaimer

While we endeavour to provide current and accurate information, we rely heavily on second and third party sources. As such, the information is provided “as is” with no claims or warranties as to its suitability for any particular purpose. Markers are indicative and may not always point to the exact site location.

All of the data contained within this website is under ongoing review with an intention to continuously improve the quality of information. If you are aware of any improvements or corrections, please contact the UKWIN Netowrk Coordinator.

The map includes many sites that (we hope) will never be used for incineration. Other sites that may be considered for waste incinerators may not appear on the map at this time. You can improve the map by sending any updates to coordinator@ukwin.org.uk (please include sources of information).

Sources of information:

  • All potential sites included in the map have been mentioned in either Local Authority / Central Government documentation (e.g. Defra PFI lists, EA spreadsheets, Partnership Waste Strategies, etc.), local or national media reports, and/or local campaign updates

Types of facilities on the map:

  • We focus on the incineration of household waste, and the facilities that are part of this system.
  • We have a fairly broad definition of what constitutes a ‘potential site’, ranging from sites where formal planning has been granted but the facility is not operational to sites earmarked for waste management facilities without incineration being ruled out. In a very small number of instances, we have included sites that have been ‘withdrawn’ but are of ongoing concern to local activists.
  • We have included a small number of representative potential Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) facilities that are proposed to produce a Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) or Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF). One potential MBT plants of this type is marked as a separate site, and others are referred to in the notes of the potential destination incinerator.
  • While we have not focussed primarily on gasification / pyrolysis incinerators, we have included some prominent sites in cases where information has been supplied by local campaigners.
  • We do not include any landfill or reprocessing sites for ash / residue, or sorting facilities (material recovery facilities) despite such facilities being part of the household waste incineration system.

Facility marker placement:

  • Existing facilities should have fairly accurate geo-locations (based on facility postcodes).
  • Sometimes one representative site is chosen to mark a place for an as yet unselected (potential incinerator) site, in which case this is mentioned in the notes.
  • Sometimes several potential sites are included even though only one will possibly be expected to host an incinerator, in which case this is mentioned in the notes.
  • Where there is no known site location for a proposal, we have used the nearest Local Authority (Town Hall) for our marker.
  • Sometimes a site is not specified or its precise location is not sufficiently well defined to provide an accurate geo-location. In such circumstances a best guess is made.
  • Where existing facilities may be expanded (e.g. Eastcroft and Tyseley) we have slightly displaced one of the markers from the correct location to allow for a second marker to be displayed.

Individuals wishing to be put in touch with local campaigners or supported to form or develop an anti-incineration group should contact the UKWIN Network Coordinator.
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