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A CGI of the proposed incinerator. Photo: Veolia UK VIEWS are now being sought over controversial plans for a multi-million-pound incinerator in Hampshire. The Environment Agency is holding a public consultation on proposals for an energy recovery facility, otherwise known as a waste-to-energy plant, on land off the A31, near Holybourne, Alton. The proposals were tabled by Veolia ES Hampshire Limited in June last year to make major changes to the Alton Materials Recovery Facility. The s...

Consultation on environmental permit application for Alton Materials Recovery Facility The proposed 30MW advanced energy recovery facility would be capable of treating around 330,000 tonnes of non-recyclable, non-hazardous waste each year Image: Environment Agency The Environment Agency (EA) is holding a public consultation on an environmental permit variation application from Veolia ES Hampshire Limited for the Alton Materials Recovery Facility. The proposed 30MW advanced energy recovery faci...

Consultation starts on Alton environmental permit application The Environment Agency is holding a public consultation on an environmental permit variation application from Veolia ES Hampshire Limited. From: 13 May 2021 The application is to request a significant variation to the existing Alton Materials Recovery Facility permit for the proposed advanced energy recovery facility (often referred to as an incinerator). The proposed facility would be capable of treating around 330,000 tonnes o...

Date Time Consultation starts on a permit variation application in Horsham The Environment Agency is holding a public consultation on an application from Britaniacrest Recycling Limited for an environmental permit variation. The variation is to add mechanical sorting and an energy recovery facility to their site off Langhurstwood Road near Horsham, West Sussex. Wealden Works Recycling, Recovery and Renewable (3Rs) Energy facility would be capable of treating up to 230,000 tonnes of non-recyclab...

Consultation starts on a permit application in Ford, West Sussex Ford Energy from Waste Ltd has applied for an environmental permit for an energy recovery facility at Ford Circular Technology Park, Ford in West Sussex. From: 12 May 2021 The Environment Agency is holding a public consultation on an application for an environmental permit for an energy recovery facility that would be capable of treating up to 275,000 tonnes of non-recyclable non-hazardous waste each year from homes and busine...

CAMPAIGNERS fighting controversial plans to build a waste incinerator in Keighley have launched their next move. Aire Valley Against Incineration (AVAI) – through its solicitors – is instructing counsel to write to the Environment Agency, challenging its decision to issue an operating permit for the proposed plant. The agency announced in December that it had approved the permit for the incinerator, which is earmarked for the former gas works site at Marley. Opponents of the plant s...

They said an Environment Agency decision to issue a permit for the plant was “very disappointing”. But the campaign group, Aire Valley Against Incineration, says options are still available to fight the project – including a possible legal challenge. Opponents of the incinerator, earmarked for the former gas works site at Marley, say it would pose a risk to people’s health and damage the environment – claims that are refuted by the applicant Endless Energy. Aire Valley Against...

CAMPAIGNERS are looking at ways to keep on fighting after an environmental permit was given to the Keighley incinerator which will be sited just four miles from Ilkley Moor. Aire Valley Against Incineration committee members have met to discuss the next stage of their campaign after the permit was granted by the Environment Agency this week - and they stressed there were still options available. AVAI chairman Simon Shimbles said “This represents the final green light for Endless Energy ...