Staffordshire’s drive to maximise recycling and then generate energy from the left over household waste has been given a massive boost. The Government has given Staffordshire funding approval for its household waste management programme - to the tune of £122.4 million. The cash is earmarked to build a state-of-the-art energy from waste plant, which the county council plans to develop at Four Ashes Industrial Estate in the south of the county. The energy from waste plant is a key element in Staffordshire Zero Waste to Landfill policy, which aims to tackle the rising environmental and economic costs of landfill by ensuring maximum value is extracted from the residual waste left over after recycling. The project will divert 300,000 tonnes of waste from landfill and produce enough electricity to power 24,000 homes.

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28 July 20008
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