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West of England Joint Waste Core Strategy
Preferred Options
Allan Davies Planning Policy Officer
North Somerset Council
West of England Partnership Office
Strategic Planning and Economic DevelopmentPolicy and Scrutiny Panel
1 July 2008
Joint Waste Core Strategy:
The Challenge
Regional Spatial Strategy
Two Challenges:
• for private industry to develop and install new technology to deal with waste in innovative ways
• for the waste planning authorities to find sites for new waste treatment facilities away from landfill
Regional Spatial Strategy Indicative Waste Management Capacity Apportionments for Municipal and Commercial and Industrial Wastes (‘000 tonnes)
Year 2010 2013 2020
Recycling / compost
630 665 735
Recovery / treatment
260 585-600 760-775
Landfill 855 460-480 245-265
Source: draft Regional Spatial Strategy, Appendix 2, South West Regional Assembly
Phase 1: Immediate and ongoing Waste reduction and source segregation.
Phase 2: Starting in 2008/09, a treatment designed to meet the imminent Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme penalties.
Phase 3: A residual waste treatment facility with capacity of 160,000 tonnes per annum to meet Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme diversion targets to 2020. The aim is that this facility would be operational by 2015.
Phase 4: Longer- term treatment – beyond 2020. Procurement would commence once Phase 3 is implemented.
Joint Waste Management Strategy
Joint Waste Core Strategy
By 2026, in the West of England there will be:
• less waste going to landfill;
• an integrated network of waste management facilities to meet identified residual waste needs;
• Less waste miles; and
• Substantial self-sufficiency
VISION
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Waste Minimisation
Recycling and Composting
Recovery
Landfill
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Waste Minimisation Waste Audits
Recycling and Composting
Inert waste recycling facilities Non-inert material recycling / waste transfer facilities Household waste recycling centres Open windrow and in-vessel composting facilities
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RecoveryIdentification of suitable sites at North West Bristol, elsewhere in Bristol, Weston-super-Mare, Keynsham and Yate for the delivery of recovery facilities.
Landfill (a) Inert waste facilities – Provision to be made by each Council for their area.(b) Non-inert waste facilities – Requirement for non-inert (biodegradable) landfill / landraise capacity to replace existing facilities as they close, up to maximum capacity of 265,000 tonnes per annum. (c) Hazardous waste – No facilities required
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Strategic Recovery Facilities include:
1. Thermal, MBT / AD treatments (over 50,000 tonnes per annum) 2. Composting (over 30,000 tonnes per annum) 3. Strategic bulking, sorting and transfer facilities
The Plan does not give a preference for a
specific type of technology
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Strategic Recovery Facilities: Search for Sites
1. Consultation on Location Criteria 2. “Call for Sites”3. “Long” List to “Short” List 4. General Areas (Table 3)5. Potential Strategic Waste Management Sites (Table 6)
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Strategic
Recovery
Facilities:
Location
Option A
Scenario 1
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Strategic
Recovery
Facilities:
Location
Option A
Scenario 2
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Strategic
Recovery
Facilities:
Location
Option B
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Strategic
Recovery
Facilities:
Location
Option C
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Option C: Indicative Capacity Assumptions Site Location Site Capacity
(tonnes per annum)
North West Bristol 390,000Inner / South / East Bristol 60,000Weston-super-Mare 100,000Keynsham 150,000
Yate 100,000
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1. Option A does not provide sufficient flexibility, or
provide for the consultation preference for a more dispersed pattern of infrastructure.
2. Options B and C would be in general conformity with the draft Regional Spatial Strategy.
3. Option B is the highly dispersed option. It is likely to be more difficult to deliver due to increased level of resources required to provide eight separate facilities, with no economies of scale.
Why is Option C the Preferred Option?
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Sustainability Appraisal identifies Option C as providingthe greatest sustainability benefits. Option C:
• is deliverable and would provide the required strategic waste management infrastructure;
• provides more opportunities for commercial sector;
• minimises waste transport, energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and other emissions from waste transport; and
• requires fewer sites than Option B and captures other benefits derived from economies of scale.
Why is Option C the Preferred Option?
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Landfill / Landraise Capacity Gap:265,000 tonnes by 2020
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Landfill / Landraise Capacity Study
Phase 11. Review existing inert Landfill sites and potential for expansion2. Assess potential Landfill / Landraise locations 3. Identify Areas of Search to be included in Preferred Options Consultation Document
Joint Waste Core Strategy: Landfill
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1. Recognise continuing need for landfill / landraise2. Recognise that there is limited existing capacity
and limited potential capacity for landfill / landraise within the West of England
3. Re-consider a policy of continuing to export a proportion of non-hazardous waste, with consequent implications for waste treatment facilities
4. Identify limited Areas of Search and adopt criteria-based approach
A Way Forward for Landfill / Landraise
Joint Waste Core Strategy – Key Diagram
Joint Waste Core Strategy: Next Steps Project Board Meeting 17 June 2008
Joint Overview and Scrutiny
Review Meeting
11 July 2008
UA Scrutiny Meetings 1 July – 24 July 2008
West of England Planning, Housing and Communities Programme Board Meeting
Mid September 2008
UA Executive / Cabinet
Meetings
October 2008
Consultation Period End of November 2008 –
end of January 2009