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IntroductionOver the past ten years Hampshire County Council and the two unitary authorities ofPortsmouth City Council and Southampton City Council have maintained a positionamong the best performing authorities in the country in terms of both recycling andlandfi ll avoidance. In fact, for the year 2006-2007, the combined recycling rate forthese authorities was 36%, with landfi ll diversion at 85% – the highest in the country.Hampshire’s achievements can be largely attributed to an integrated waste managementstrategy known as Project Integra: a partnership between the 13 district and unitarycouncils as waste collection authorities, Hampshire County Council and the unitaries aswaste disposal authorities and the private waste contractor Veolia Environmental Services.The integrated waste contract required a whole new infrastructure to be built, and soplanning permission had to be gained for a range of facilities – including in particularthree energy recovery facilities (ERFs). Today, all facilities are operational, and the ERFsare making a major contribution to the waste management of the local authoritiesconcerned, enabling them to exceed their LATS requirements.Yet Project Integra was able to achieve all of this when most authorities were moving awayfrom incineration altogether. How was this achieved and what can be learned from thissuccessful experience? With incineration and energy from waste becoming increasinglypolitically sensitive, this paper is an insight into gaining the planning permission for thoseenergy recovery facilities and refl ects on the lessons there are to be learned.Obtaining planning permission for energy recovery facilities
The achievementHampshire and the unitary authorities of Portsmouth and Southampton benefi t from asuite of modern municipal waste facilities which are an essential part of an integratedwaste management programme, achieving a recycling rate of 36%, and providing thefoundation for a reduction in landfi ll to 15% of the 850,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) thatis generated in the county and the two cities. The network of facilities includes:• 26 (one fi fth of which are new) household waste recycling centres (HWRCs)• 10 waste transfer stations• two Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) – 157,000 tpa• three centralised green waste composting facilities – 100,000 tpa• three municipal waste Energy Recovery Facilities (ERFs) – 420,000+ tpa.The three ERFs generate close to 40 megawatts of electricity each year – enough tosupply up to 50,000 homes. Within the next two years, 100,000 tpa of bottom ash thatis produced by the plants will be reprocessed into a secondary aggregate to be usedin sustainable construction projects. There are also plans to further improve the HWRCnetwork and to build two additional waste transfer stations.Due to the signifi cantinvestment in wasteinfrastructure and recyclingperformance, Hampshire andthe city councils are diverting85% of waste from landfi ll.Consequently, landfi ll directiveobligations for 2010 and 2013will be met.
Page 4 and 5: HistoryThe “Portsmouth Burner”H
Page 6 and 7: • Ensure the Hampshire, Portsmout
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Page 10 and 11: Chineham ERFThe fi rst planning app
Page 12 and 13: Marchwood ERFThe Marchwood applicat
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