Comments on: County incinerator… does it make sense?

By: Ipodfilm

Ipodfilm — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:20:27 +0000

So nice site. I will visit it more often and read comments. Thx u a lot

By: Rob Whittle

Rob Whittle — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:31:31 +0000

What is “non recylable waste”?

Material that is not economically viable or like many compound products are difficult to closed loop recycle!!

Hope this helps.

By: Felix Staratschek

Felix Staratschek — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:29:34 +0000

What is “non recylable waste”? May be, ingeneers and scientists have not thougt enough! Or is there a lobby giving a definition!
With kryo- recycling much more waste could be recycled:
http://www.buendnis-zukunft.de/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=174

By: Rob Whittle

Rob Whittle — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:46:43 +0000

Hi Mathew

Here in Norfolk we defeated a WRG incinerator at Costessey in 2007.

Now our residual waste will be treated by an Advanced Mechanical Biological Treatment facility AMBT that uses anaerobic digestion after mechanical sorting that produces Energy from Waste (2xRoCs);(Dranco process) being developed by company SRM

Now we have found that over the last 5 years waste has decreased by 2% rather than growing, justifying only 0.6% total and residual waste growth; rather than current highly questioned 1.1%pa projections.

Inputting both the above points; Staffordshire wouldn’t need a massive EfW incinerator.

http://nail2.blogspot.com/

By: DAVE STEVENS

DAVE STEVENS — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:12:45 +0000

Perhaps when there is insuffiecient waste to feed the incinerator The fence will have to be burnt Then it willmbe too late

By: Mike baswich

Mike baswich — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:27:18 +0000

Well done for speaking out against this. You are the first I’ve heard talking sense, or at least casting healthy doubt.

Your analagy of the ‘right then wrong now’ is probably spot on. I have a professional background in this area of work and am also a Staffordshire man.

I did write to your Conservative Party County HQ some time ago but didn’t even get the courtesy of a response. Keep trying to get your colleagues ‘off the fence’ PLEASE.

By: Patrick Simmons (Stafford)

Patrick Simmons (Stafford) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:18:09 +0000

I share many of Matthew’s views on this and have been trying to find the Conservative’s national policy on this which is nowhere to be seen.

That aside, have the County Council taken into account the ‘whole life’ costs both in financial terms and the environmental impact of the thousands of journeys made by lorries bringing their waste from all over Staffordshire and beyond? My calculations would suggest they haven’t.

In many ways this is the easy option but very short sighted because technology is moving ahead fast as is the industry which is growing to deal with both commercial and municiple waste.

Yes, incineration is an option which will be here for some time but I don’t support my tax money being spent on this new site. If there was a genuine joined up plan which included moving waste from the other parts of the Midlands by rail I might just take a second look.

But there is no mention of this only a deperate attempt to bolster Staffordshire’s reducing waste which is needed by this proposed plant by importing more traffic, more financial risk and more problems to the County’s beleaguered residents.

Matthew, you think this is some sort of legacy… I’m certain that is the case looking at the evidence!

By: Bob Patchett

Bob Patchett — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:33:57 +0000

£5 million per year for the capital cost of this unit is an awful lot to spend on waste disposal. It would begin to make sense only if the heat and end product could be used to generate significant income for the council. Waste is becoming a saleable commodity so let the private sector deal with it at a market cost.