Energy-from-waste
In 2007, the city council's Members' Waste and Recycling
Group recommended energy-from-waste (EfW) as the best practical
environmental option for treating Peterborough’s residual waste -
the materials that can’t be reused or recycled.
EfW is a proven, reliable technology that has been used for many
years by some of the most environmentally-aware countries in Europe
such as Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany and
Austria. Like Peterborough, these countries also have above
average recycling rates.
The small-scale facility proposed for development in the Fengate
area of Peterborough will:
- use modern incineration technology to obtain maximum benefit
from residual waste
- produce renewable energy equivalent to the amount required to
power around 4,000 homes annually
- produce heat for use by local industry
- enable Peterborough to deal with its own waste locally
The proposed EfW facility will reduce Peterborough’s reliance on
landfill by cutting the volume of our rubbish by 95 per cent.
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Using residual waste to generate heat and power can replace the
use of fossil fuels and reduce our impact on climate change.
Energy-from-waste facilities are common across Europe as a
sustainable way of treaing residual waste.