Incinerator plans prove to be a draw (From Worcester News)

Incinerator plans prove to be a draw

6:00am Sunday 21st March 2010 in

• Skip social links
• Print
• Email
• Comments(2)

MORE than 100 people visited a second public information exhibition about plans for an incinerator in Hartlebury.

Visitors to Eden House at Hartlebury trading estate were able to talk to planning and technical experts about the proposal for a 200,000 tonne energy-from-waste plant called EnviRecover.

If given the go ahead, the £120 million incinerator would take waste that could not be recycled from Herefordshire and Worcestershire and turn it into enough energy to power a town the size of Kidderminster.

John Plant, co-director of Mercia Waste Management, the company behind the plans, said: “It was really encouraging to see so many people taking an interest in our proposal with the majority being first-time visitors.

“Going out to consult early had always been Mercia’s intention and this has proved to be very successful in terms of reaching a wide audience directly with the facts.”

Initial results of Mercia’s assessments on visual impact, traffic, noise, odour, ecology and air quality were available at the exhibition.

The information will be published on the website envirecover.co.uk in due course.

The exhibition follows presentations to a community liaison group and key organisations and a visit to a reference plant.

A planning application is expected to be submitted in early April but many residents living nearby oppose the proposals.