County scraps plans for waste-to-energy incinerator
The Board of County Commissioners broke plans Thursday for a regional waste-to-energy incinerator, preferring to haul the county’s waste to a landfill using a short-term contract instead. Commissioners Paul Smith and Billy Shreve cast the dissenting votes to maintain the job on the dining table while the county investigates its options. “It is absolutely no charge to the county to maintain these options open,” Smith stated. “To do away with these choices is mad.” Terminating the undertaking will not cost the county any money as the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority, a quasi-governmental service that helps the county meet its trash disposal needs, will cover the $500,000 conclusion fee. Any remaining funds after this payment will be divided between Frederick County and Carroll County, which was once a partner in the undertaking. These funds are out of payments the authority has obtained from Wheelabrator after the service contract has been…
Bangor’s former incinerator property is not for sale, authority officials say
The Bangor Borough Authority won’t market the prior incinerator property. Not right now, at least. The board voted Thursday day to encourage authority Chairman Donald Butz’s Oct. 2 letter into borough council President James Kresge that said the authority need to not market the incinerator and the surrounding home now identified together as the Bangor Company Park. “Too many people had difficulties with the purchase,” Butz said. Negotiations were underway at summer time that would have had the authority market the lengthy-dormant 79-acre great deal for $1.075 million into Valley Industrial Properties. Officials discussed plans with V.I.P. who wanted to fill out the deep valleys and level the steep slopes of the Ridge Road home to make it suitable for development, said authority Administrator Marino Saveri at June. Even so, some residents and borough officials expressed concern that landfill and dirt possibly hauled in from out of state by V.I.P.…
Bid to burn waste from out of City in Newhaven Incinerator
Veolia is looking to supply non-recyclable commercial and industrial waste for its Newhaven Incinerator from regions neighbouring East Sussex and Brighton and Hove. It asserts this will permit the incinerator to create sufficient energy to power 25,000 homes always. However, cllr Rod Main from Newhaven said this could lead to more pollution and trucks. Veolia applied for planning permission to East Sussex County Council to raise a planning condition to permit the scheme to proceed. General manager for Veolia in South Downs Allan Key said the firm wanted to expand the catchment area outside East Sussex and Brighton and Hove. He explained it wouldn’t result in physical changes at the incinerator or boost to the 242,000tpa capacity. Facilities like the one we’ve got here in Newhaven recovers energy from waste that could otherwise be lost by moving out of county landfill” Cllr Main stated:”They want more waste to assist ESCC’s…