PIONEERS are tackling the growing waste mountain in Warwickshire with innovations that could see household rubbish turned into electricity for the county.

Dumping thousands of tonnes of rubbish in landfill is no longer an option for the county and therefore some futuristic thinking has been called for.

After months of research and consultation a document has been produced and published by Warwickshire Waste Management waste partnership called, Warwickshire's Municipal waste management strategy this sets out in detail how the county purposes to manage waste in the future.

It puts a strong emphasis on reducing the amount of rubbish produced, increasing reuse, recycling and composting with ambitious recycling targets of between 40-45 per cent being set, at the moment about 27 per cent of household rubbish in the county is recycled.

There is also the proposal that the remaining waste is treated as an energy from waste plant, or incinerator to produce heat and electricity.

Chairman of Warwickshire waste partnership Councillor Ken Browne said: "Creating the strategy is just the first step. The challenge now comes in putting the plans into place to make Warwickshire a greener place to live.

"Every person living in the county can rest assured that this is a comprehensive 15 year plan, to be reviewed every five years, so when we start to tackle the difficult decisions such as where an incinerator will be built we will carry out the full and detailed public consultations."

A copy of Warwickshire's waste strategy will be available at Bidford library next week or full details can be found online at www.warwickshire .gov.uk/waste.