Here's the mainstream news reporting of the Covanta decision from Bedford Today (Times and Citizen)
The Energy from Waste facility had more or less cleared all the legal hoops but the issue of whether it made commercial sense had not been resolved. It needed a lot of buy-in from other local authorities and it never looked like a critical mass was building up. There were a variety of objections including, obviously, health and impact on local scenery. But to me the inevitable regionalisation of waste disposal seemed a catastrophic solution with hundreds of lorry movements a day. It was also ridiculous given the great strides made with recycling. Our green bin is full, half way through the cycle but the residual bin is half empty by the time it is cleared. But Covanta wanted to burn everything just to get the numbers up.
However, yes there is always a however, there is a site here with permission and CBC and neighbouring authorities still need to think about their own long-term plans for residual waste.
The Energy from Waste facility had more or less cleared all the legal hoops but the issue of whether it made commercial sense had not been resolved. It needed a lot of buy-in from other local authorities and it never looked like a critical mass was building up. There were a variety of objections including, obviously, health and impact on local scenery. But to me the inevitable regionalisation of waste disposal seemed a catastrophic solution with hundreds of lorry movements a day. It was also ridiculous given the great strides made with recycling. Our green bin is full, half way through the cycle but the residual bin is half empty by the time it is cleared. But Covanta wanted to burn everything just to get the numbers up.
However, yes there is always a however, there is a site here with permission and CBC and neighbouring authorities still need to think about their own long-term plans for residual waste.
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