Local Authority Cory Wheelabrator plan to build Norfolk EfW


CORY WHEELABRATOR has submitted a planning application to construct an energy from waste plant, entitled the Willows Power & Recycling Centre, to treat the waste from Norfolk residents after recyclables have been removed and use it to generate electricity. The plant will take


around 170,000 tonnes of residual waste from Norfolk households and 98,000 tonnes of commercial and industrial waste each year and use it to generate electricity to power 36,000 homes.


In response to issues raised


by local people during the pre- application consultation Cory Wheelabrator commissioned an environmental consultancy to undertake an analysis that is reported to show that the operation of the facility will not breach any of the European health and environmental regulations within which the 23 similar facilities across the UK must operate. According to Cory


Wheelabrator, this health impact assessment is not a requirement of the planning process and was voluntarily


Industry opinion


Why used clothing theft is a serious issue


submitted by the company. John Boldon, director of planning and communications at Cory Environmental, said: “Like many councils, Norfolk


faces the challenge of tackling waste in a safe, cost effective and environmentally aware way. Landfill is no longer a realistic option."


Batteries to be collected in M Keynes


Islington approves changes to proposed Bunhill energy centre


ISLINGTON COUNCIL has approved revised proposals for the Bunhill Energy Centre that is expected to enhance the look of the building that aims to bring cheaper energy to over 700 homes in the south of the borough. When finished, the energy


centre with its combined heat and power system will pipe hot water to homes on the Stafford


Cripps, Redbrick and St Luke's estates, and also supply Finsbury Leisure Centre and Ironmonger Row Baths. Work is expected to start


on site by the end of the year and will be completed in summer 2012. Paul Smith at Islington


Council said: "We don't think it's fair that record fuel prices meant many on fixed incomes


and benefits faced the stark choice of whether to heat or eat last winter. That is why we have decided to build a public energy centre as a cheaper, greener alternative to the big energy companies.” The amended scheme sees


the exterior of the building softened with sustainably sourced green oak cladding instead of brick.


HOUSEHOLD BATTERY recycling is being introduced across Milton Keynes from July onwards. Residents will receive a small yellow collection bag featuring details of the new scheme. This will arrive with the next delivery of pink recycling and black refuse sacks which takes place between mid-July and the end of September. The new scheme will enable


residents to fill up the bag with several used batteries. The scheme is said to work


best if the bag contains 10 or more batteries for collection, but should not be overfull. Battery sizes AAA, AA, C and D, as well as button, mobile, laptop and rechargeable batteries are accepted in the scheme. Car batteries or similar cannot be accepted.


South Cambs makes savings with blue bins


SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS are reported to have been made by the introduction of a blue bin scheme in South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) for recycled materials such as plastic bottles, aerosols and glass. SCDC said it has saved


£305k in the first six months (October 2010-March 2011). SCDC's Sue Ellington,


(pictured right) said: “We provide one of the most comprehensive recycling


services in the country, and 91% of our residents feel that the introduction of the blue bin has further improved the service. There is a very low contamination rate in South Cambridgeshire (materials that shouldn’t go in the blue bin); just over 2%." “There is still more that we


can do to achieve a higher recycling rate. For example it’s estimated that 84% of all food waste is still going in the black bin.


"This should go in the


green bin so that it can be composted, and 10% of paper


is still going in the black bin when it should go into the paper caddy," added Ellington.


North Herts collects nearly 19 tonnes of WEEE


NORTH HERTS District Council (NHDC) has reported that 18.84 tonnes of unwanted household electrical items were collected from its WEEE recycling events held in May. Electrical items brought


along to the events held in Hitchin, Letchworth and Royston were taken away to be dismantled and the materials recycled. NHDC’s waste and


recycling team also collected


60 mobile phones which will generate income to help train a guide dog for the blind. Some electrical items


received were in good working order. These were donated to the Green House Community Market; an event that sells recycled, reused items and local produce. In September, these items


will be sold and the money raised will be donated to local charities.


Alan Wheeler, national liaison manager at the Textile Recycling Association, warns of the danger posed by organised criminal gangs who target households' used clothing collections and who endanger legitimate UK textile recycling businesses.


European Union


THE THREAT from organised criminal gangs who are deliberately targeting used clothing collections from households and collection banks is on the increase. This is causing great concern for hard working businesses who are the backbone of the UK used clothing industry and who pay hundreds of millions of pounds annually to UK charities. The Textile Recycling Association (TRA) wants to highlight


that it is not only charities who are feeling the effects of this disgraceful activity through loss of vital revenue for them, but that it threatens the job security of people working in the industry which employs up to 10,000 people. The TRA estimates that in the last 12 months legitimate


used clothing collectors paid in excess of £200m to charities for all the clothing collections. The figure though is being seriously eroded through large amounts of items being stolen to benefit the pockets of organised criminal gangs. Intelligence gathered so far suggests that some money is


being used for drug trafficking, people smuggling and other unsavoury activities. One of the government’s main ‘waste related’ objectives is


to remove more clothing and textiles away from disposal. The main initiative for delivering these objectives is the Sustainable Clothing Roadmap. However, the gangs are disrupting this process by making the industry less commercially viable. The issue is being taken seriously by the authorities. Tracey Crouch MP secured a debate in Parliament where


she called for the police to take action to tackle these criminal gangs. Following on from that the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) has set up an intelligence gathering team. In the meantime, the public are encouraged to continue


to support all legitimate collections. While donations made directly to charity shops are not affected, it is important that the public continue to support charitable door-to-door and clothing bank collections. Many charities with shops obtain stock for their shops


through door-to-door collections, but what is perhaps even more significant is that the vast majority of the UK’s 200,000 registered charities do not operate shops, so door-to-door collections and clothing bank collections are the only viable way in which they can gain much needed income.


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