The waste management company and Lincolnshire county council hosted an event at the North Hykeham plant on 5 September, attended by stakeholders and children from St Andrew’s C of E Primary School in Sleaford who won the EfW’s ‘Waste-Free Lunch Challenge 2019’.
Since opening the EfW has reduced the amount of waste from the county going to landfill by around 93%, according to FCC and the council. It has been converted into 554,000 MWh of energy for the Lincoln area, enough to power 29,000 homes across the county.
Juergen Schaper, general manager at FCC Environment, said he was proud to have reached the milestone in Lincolnshire.
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He added: “One million tonnes of waste diverted from landfill and converted to energy is a real achievement for Lincolnshire.
“One million tonnes of waste diverted from landfill and converted to energy is a real achievement for Lincolnshire.”
“We are focused on continuing to exceed performance expectations in our successful partnership with the council as we carry on creating valuable electricity, jobs and community support for the county.”
At the event Mr Schaper, the leader of Lincolnshire county council, Cllr Martin Hill, and Cllr Eddy Poll, the executive councillor for commercial and environmental management, unveiled a plaque marking the millionth tonne.
Lincolnshire is six years into its 25-year partnership with FCC for residual waste collection, treatment and transfer in the county. The EfW is expected to save the Council approximately £30 million over the lifetime of the contract by cutting landfilled waste from 180,000 tonnes per annum to 12,000 tonnes per annum.
Cllr Poll said the EfW had made a real difference for the people of Lincolnshire through its environmentally-friendly and cost-saving results.
He explained: “We are five years into what is a great partnership with FCC Environment, and we look forward to our future as we process more waste and generate more energy for the benefit of the local community.
“The presence of the facility in the county has a number of positive implications: reducing non-recyclable waste being sent to landfill by around 93 percent and producing power to supply 29,000 homes.”
The EfW was opened in November 2014, with construction having begun in 2011.
The Lincolnshire facility features a “state-of-the-art” flue gas cleaning and emission monitoring systems and uses modern combustion and pollution abatement technology, exceeding the Environment Agency’s standards.
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