Suffolk Energy-from-Waste Facility

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Suffolk Energy-from-Waste Facility
James Dowell, Dan Smyth (RPS) and Anthony
Durston, SITA UK
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A little about us

• We want to live in a society where there is no
  more waste
• We are a recycling and resource management
  company

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Some facts about us

• 750 Million turnover
• Over 5,500 staff
• Over 40,000 private sector customers
• Over 9 million tonnes of waste handled
• Over 2.5million tonnes of waste recycled
• Over 1MMwH of electricity produced
• Part of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT a multinational
  water and waste management company

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Why change is needed

• Environmental
• Recycling and waste as a resource Greenest
  County aspiration
• The 4 Rs Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover
• Space in landfill is running out
• Regulation
• Strict landfill reduction targets
• Landfill tax will go up to 100 per tonne by
  2013/14 (including handling and landfill tax)

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Suffolk and SITA UK

• Selected as Preferred Bidder in May for a 25 year
  PFI contract to manage the residual waste
  collected by Suffolks councils.
• Part of an integrated joint municipal waste
  management strategy
• Working with Suffolk on Greenest County
  aspiration
• Cabinet approval September 2010.
• Contract signed 5 October 2010.

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Our proposals

• Using the Councils former Highways Depot site in
  Great Blakenham
• A 269,000 tonne (approx) energy from waste
  facility. Suffolk County Council is committed to
  provide 170,000 tonnes per year.
• A visitor centre for community use
• An onsite ash processing facility
• Landscaped wildlife area

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Site location
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Site location
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The site plan
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How does EfW work

• Waste is collected mainly from households and
  there is some headroom for business waste.
• Residual waste is burned to heat water
• Steam is used to power a turbine to generate
  electricity
• Flue gases are thoroughly treated
• Bottom ash recycled for use as an aggregate
• Fly ash removed and disposed of by a specialist
  company.
• Recyclates recovered e.g. ferrous metals

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The benefits

• Over 250,000 tonnes of waste diverted from
  landfill
• Enough power for 30,000 homes equivalent to
  Lowestoft
• Part of the overall Suffolk joint municipal
  waste management strategy
• Visitor centre for community use
• Financial benefits for County and council tax
  payers
• Landscaped wildlife area
• 43 new long-term jobs and 250 at peak of
  construction
• Aiming for BREEAM excellence-rated building

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The architecture

• Designed by Grimshaw architects

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Computer generated views of the facility
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Computer generated views of the facility
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The planning application

• Issues raised during consultation
• Transport
• Air quality
• Visual

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Transport

• The facility is well located close to the
  strategic lorry network
• Designated routes for HGVs to the site (shown in
  red)
• Road improvements are being considered.

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Transport

• 216 two way HGV movements would be generated each
  day, which the road network can accommodate.
• The EfW facility would generate less traffic
  overall than the highways depot but there would
  be a marginal increase in HGVs.
• Transport assessment has taken into account the
  development of SnOasis.

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Air Quality

• Existing air quality in Great Blakenham is
  generally good.
• Average nitrogen dioxide concentrations are well
  below the levels set out in the Air Quality
  Strategy Objective.
• The Air Quality Assessment assumes that the
  facility operates at the maximum limits, but it
  is likely that the facility will operate well
  within these limits.
• Even in worst case conditions, the predicted
  impact on local air quality is well below the
  Environmental Quality Standards for all
  pollutants.

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Air Quality
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Visual

• Efforts taken to reduce the visual impact of the
  building through architectural design.
• The current land use in the area is semi
  industrial with the former cement works (now
  demolished), a landfill site and the former
  transport depot.
• Visual assessment concludes that the landscape
  and the setting of the affected locations is able
  to accommodate the new structure, taking into
  account its design, scale, the nature of existing
  development, other features such as existing
  power lines and permitted developments such as
  SnOasis.

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Our track record
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Visitor Centre

• Visitor Centre Exhibits
• The scope of the Visitor Centres message will
  be much wider than just EFW technology. Science
  Projects have designed multi-layered exhibits to
  tackle three key themes equally

Energy From Waste
Greenest County
Waste Reduction
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SITA Trust

• Provides funding through the Landfill Communities
  Fund. Independent from
• SITA UK.
• Three programmes
• Enriching Nature England-wide funding for
  priority species and habitats.
• Enhancing Communities community funding within
  three miles of a SITA
• UK facility.
• Young Persons Volunteering Fund funding for
  14-25 year old olds to
• enhance or create facilities that can be enjoyed
  by the wider community in
• England and Wales.

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The engagement process

• Designed to reach out to people across Suffolk
• Multi-stage, multi-element engagement process
• Initial communication focused on Great Blakenham
• Second phase of communications in September /
  October
• Community Liaison Group
• Submission of planning application in December

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Thank you for your time

• Any questions?

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