But the company said the new facility will not threaten high recycling rates for the council, which was the fifth best in Scotland for recycling during 2005 (see letsrecycle.com story).
SITA hopes to build an EfW plant capable of processing 60,000 tonnes of residual waste each year and a materials recycling facility to sort 16,000 tonnes a year of kerbside-collected recyclables.
” Building an EfW facility will not divert the company or the council from meeting our key recycling goals “
– John Grainger, SITA UK
The plants are proposed for a site near SITA's Binn Farm landfill in the Glenfarg area, about 8km south east of Perth.
Both plants will be used for processing municipal waste collected in Perth and Kinross under SITA's contract with the council. The company said the incinerator will generate 4.7 MW of electricity from the input waste – meeting the needs of 7,900 homes – and that the plant would not take in hazardous material.
The plant is expected to generate about 13,800 tonnes of ash each year, which SITA will endeavour to recycle into road-building material.
The application is to be submitted to Perth and Kinross council on June 16. John Grainger, SITA UK general manager with responsibility for Scotland, explained: “The Council and local residents are already well ahead of the national recycling average, but there is a still a real need to invest in new facilities to divert waste that cannot be recycled away from landfill.
“Building an EfW facility will not divert the company or the council from meeting our key recycling goals,” Mr Grainger added.
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SITA is planning a public consultation on the proposals over the coming months, and to set up a community liaison group to take on board local views. It hopes the new recovery plant could be operational from sometime between 2011 and 2013.
The company said thermal treatment had been identified as a preferred option in the Tayside Strategic Outline Case, and the Binn Farm site as a suitable location.
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