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Company clinches deal with council for disposal of north-east’s rubbish
By Stephen Christie
Published: 18/06/2010
Fresh concerns were raised last night that the north-east could yet become home to an incinerator after a major waste-management firm won a multimillion-pound contract to dispose of all of Aberdeenshire’s rubbish.
Sita UK, which operates landfills across the country, has struck a deal worth £200million with the local authority to treat and dispose of its residential and business waste.
The firm announced yesterday that Stoneyhill landfill on the outskirts of Peterhead would be used to dump all of the region’s non-recyclable rubbish, prompting fears that an incinerator could be back on the cards.
A Sita spokesman last night said the firm was in talks with council bosses over ways of dealing with the area’s waste and declined to rule out that an incinerator might be the answer. “We are looking at ways forward and expect to make an announcement in the future,” he said.
Campaigner John Askey, who recently led the successful fight against a waste incinerator plant planned for Peterhead, said he was “greatly concerned” by the prospect of a rubbish burner. “Incineration is a very outdated, dangerous way of dealing with waste,” he said.
“I hope that Sita and the council are looking at ways of promoting the reduction and recycling of waste rather than ways of making it disappear.
“Landfill cannot carry on of course but incineration is not the way forward.”
Homes in Aberdeenshire produce around 150,000 tonnes of waste every year, of which 50,000 tonnes is sent for recycling. The remaining 100,000 tonnes is sent to landfill. Under the terms of the contract, Sita must “develop new facilities” with the aim of reducing landfill use as much as possible.
Chairman of the council’s infrastructure services committee Peter Argyle said the contract marked a major step forward in treatment of waste in Aberdeenshire.
He added: “Significant work has already been done in recent years to make it easier for people to reduce, reuse and recycle, and this new arrangement will help us to ensure we meet our obligations regarding the safe and responsible management of waste.”
David Palmer-Jones, chief executive of Sita, said the firm was delighted to be working with the local authority.
Plans for the Buchan incinerator were thrown out by councillors in January and the firm behind the project – Buchan Combined Heat and Power (CHP) – did not appeal the decision.
The land earmarked for the development has since been bought by Scottish Enterprise as part of plans to create the Energetic “energy corridor”.
Read more: http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1787783#ixzz0sTXF5YDO
Company clinches deal with council for disposal of north-east’s rubbish
By Stephen Christie
Published: 18/06/2010
Fresh concerns were raised last night that the north-east could yet become home to an incinerator after a major waste-management firm won a multimillion-pound contract to dispose of all of Aberdeenshire’s rubbish.
Sita UK, which operates landfills across the country, has struck a deal worth £200million with the local authority to treat and dispose of its residential and business waste.
The firm announced yesterday that Stoneyhill landfill on the outskirts of Peterhead would be used to dump all of the region’s non-recyclable rubbish, prompting fears that an incinerator could be back on the cards.
A Sita spokesman last night said the firm was in talks with council bosses over ways of dealing with the area’s waste and declined to rule out that an incinerator might be the answer. “We are looking at ways forward and expect to make an announcement in the future,” he said.
Campaigner John Askey, who recently led the successful fight against a waste incinerator plant planned for Peterhead, said he was “greatly concerned” by the prospect of a rubbish burner. “Incineration is a very outdated, dangerous way of dealing with waste,” he said.
“I hope that Sita and the council are looking at ways of promoting the reduction and recycling of waste rather than ways of making it disappear.
“Landfill cannot carry on of course but incineration is not the way forward.”
Homes in Aberdeenshire produce around 150,000 tonnes of waste every year, of which 50,000 tonnes is sent for recycling. The remaining 100,000 tonnes is sent to landfill. Under the terms of the contract, Sita must “develop new facilities” with the aim of reducing landfill use as much as possible.
Chairman of the council’s infrastructure services committee Peter Argyle said the contract marked a major step forward in treatment of waste in Aberdeenshire.
He added: “Significant work has already been done in recent years to make it easier for people to reduce, reuse and recycle, and this new arrangement will help us to ensure we meet our obligations regarding the safe and responsible management of waste.”
David Palmer-Jones, chief executive of Sita, said the firm was delighted to be working with the local authority.
Plans for the Buchan incinerator were thrown out by councillors in January and the firm behind the project – Buchan Combined Heat and Power (CHP) – did not appeal the decision.
The land earmarked for the development has since been bought by Scottish Enterprise as part of plans to create the Energetic “energy corridor”.
Read more: http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1787783#ixzz0sTXF5YDO
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