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One of the biggest consultations to be held in Staffordshire has begun with a big invitation to the people of Staffordshire to help shape the future of how we deal with the growing household waste mountain.
Staffordshire’s councils, together with Stoke on Trent, are forging a new approach to dealing with rubbish, which aims to stop using landfill, maximise recycling and generate useful energy with what’s left over.
Every household in Staffordshire and Stoke produces about 1 tonne of waste every year – the same weight as a small car. And it’s growing – 600,000 tonnes last year, rising to 700,000 tonnes by 2020. At the moment a third is recycled, a third is landfilled and a third is turned into energy at a special facility in Stoke on Trent.
The councils want to stop landfilling because it is a waste of materials, is more polluting, and is costing the tax payer more every year, with Government fining councils that don’t meet landfill reduction targets. That’s why the councils are taking action now, to protect the environment and tax payers from the growing costs of landfill. The partnership wants to follow the lead of the best in Europe, reducing landfill to virtually zero. Working together with householders they have pushed recycling rates up dramatically in recent years and want to hit the 50% rates achieved by top recyclers.
What’s left over will be turned into energy. The Energy from Waste facility at Hanford in Stoke has been operating unobtrusively for the last decade, generating enough electricity to power 13,000 homes.
To find our more and to have your say on these issues please visit www.staffswaste2020.info. or call the Staffs Waste 2020 Information Line on 0845 300 6630.
One of the biggest consultations to be held in Staffordshire has begun with a big invitation to the people of Staffordshire to help shape the future of how we deal with the growing household waste mountain.
Staffordshire’s councils, together with Stoke on Trent, are forging a new approach to dealing with rubbish, which aims to stop using landfill, maximise recycling and generate useful energy with what’s left over.
Every household in Staffordshire and Stoke produces about 1 tonne of waste every year – the same weight as a small car. And it’s growing – 600,000 tonnes last year, rising to 700,000 tonnes by 2020. At the moment a third is recycled, a third is landfilled and a third is turned into energy at a special facility in Stoke on Trent.
The councils want to stop landfilling because it is a waste of materials, is more polluting, and is costing the tax payer more every year, with Government fining councils that don’t meet landfill reduction targets. That’s why the councils are taking action now, to protect the environment and tax payers from the growing costs of landfill. The partnership wants to follow the lead of the best in Europe, reducing landfill to virtually zero. Working together with householders they have pushed recycling rates up dramatically in recent years and want to hit the 50% rates achieved by top recyclers.
What’s left over will be turned into energy. The Energy from Waste facility at Hanford in Stoke has been operating unobtrusively for the last decade, generating enough electricity to power 13,000 homes.
To find our more and to have your say on these issues please visit www.staffswaste2020.info. or call the Staffs Waste 2020 Information Line on 0845 300 6630.
they collect the neighbours. 