Plan to keep incinerator at capacity
No changes will be made to the external appearance of the
incinerator, near the Parkway, if the planning application is agreed.
The proposals are instead to increase the amount of waste treated from Rotherham, Barnsley, Doncaster and North East Derbyshire, as the amount of waste collected in Sheffield has fallen.
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Hide AdIf the application is refused, the facility – which is designed to handle 225,000 tonnes of waste and provides heat to more than 140 buildings across the city – may begin operating as a shortfall.
Nigel Williams, director of Veolia Environmental Services, which runs the incinerator, said: "The Energy Recovery Facility currently receives some waste from neighbouring areas and the proposed change is aimed
at maintaining the facility to capacity so that in turn, heat and electricity generation is optimised.
"The planning application will not lead to any physical changes, nor will it increase the existing capacity of the facility."