FEATURE RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGY
RECOVERING ENERGY FROM WASTE IN NORTH LONDON
Plans to invest £100m in a new facility to boost recycling have been approved by north London councillors. The flagship Resource Recovery Facility, which is scheduled to open in 2023, is part of North London Waste Authority’s (NLWA) efforts to meet a target of at least 50 per cent household recycling across north London
of carbon dioxide each year over sending waste to landfill – which is like taking 110,000 cars off the road.
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY Using the most advanced technology to clean emissions makes the Energy Recovery Facility one of the safest and cleanest in the world. This solution mirrors that of Germany
and Denmark, countries which are renowned for clean and modern facilities that treat waste in a sustainable way, as well as having substantially higher recycling rates than the UK. The investment to deliver the scheme
T
he facility provides capacity to recycle around 135,000 tonnes of
waste that would otherwise be sent to landfill, recovering thousands of tonnes of metal, plastic and wood. This facility will include an enclosed
reuse and recycling centre that will also enable north London residents to bring their recyclable materials directly to the Edmonton EcoPark, adding to the significant network of such centres already in place across north London. Building the Resource Recovery Facility
marks the first phase of the North London Heat and Power Project (NLHPP) – NLWA's nationally significant infrastructure scheme that includes an
Energy Recovery Facility to generate low carbon heat and power from unrecyclable waste at the Edmonton EcoPark. The facility is expected to generate 78 megawatts of power from waste, which could supply electricity and heat for up to 127,000 homes. Councillor Loakes, Chair of NLWA,
says: “Our investment in a state-of- the-art centre for recovering more quality recycling from the bins of north London residents at the Edmonton EcoPark, alongside a new public Reuse and Recycling Centre, is a vital part of improving the service we provide to residents.” This scheme will help prevent waste
from over two million residents ending up in landfill every year. Sending that waste to landfill would generate highly damaging greenhouse gases like methane and would be significantly more expensive for local residents. The Energy Recovery Facility will
replace the existing plant at the Edmonton EcoPark, which is reaching the end of its operational life. This vital infrastructure scheme is expected to save the equivalent of 215,000 tonnes
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includes £600m for the Energy Recovery Facility, and £250m for the comprehensive works needed to prepare the site and deliver the project over the coming decade. Together with additional allocations for risk contingencies that experience and best practice show are necessary, this makes a total project cost estimate of £1.2bn in 2019 prices. Work is already underway to prepare the
site for construction and the contract for the Resource Recovery Facility and EcoPark House is the first phase of the building works. The NLHPP programme will create 100 apprenticeships and 225 on-site skills training opportunities for the local community.
North London Waste Authority
nlwa.gov.uk
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