Posted by Under the Bridge on 9/27/2008, 11:14 am
Message modified by board administrator 9/27/2008, 11:56 am
From a year ago.................
City in line for hi-tech ‘cooker’ to beat waste
Sep 10 2007 by Neil Hodgson, Liverpool Echo
A MASSIVE American-style waste recycling plant is planned for Garston Docks.
West Midlands-based Jack Allen Holdings is proposing to build several plants around the UK, including one in Liverpool.
The company said the multi-million pound operation would create 75 jobs in the area and help the city meet environmental targets.
The plant would be the UK’s first development using the US-based technology that “cooks” household waste, rather than incinerating it.
Business development manager Peter Coe said: “Metals come out clean, plastics come out as pebbles, the rest is a fibrous material that can be made into chipboard or mixed with plastics to make things like road signs, decking or bus shelters.”
Alternatively, the sterilised waste can be “digested” and turned into a compost-like material for use in soft landscaping, or converted into a gas which can be used to produce electricity and power the whole plant.
Mr Coe said it could handle the whole of Liverpool’s household rubbish.
Stringent European recycling rules due to come into effect in 2009 could result in millions of pounds of fines for councils which fail to cut back on the amount of waste sent to landfill or hit recycling targets.
Mr Coe said the proposed plant will help Liverpool meet those targets.
The firm has been undertaking public consultation over the past week, explaining the process to residents and councillors.
Richard Oglethorpe, Lib Dem councillor for nearby Cressington ward, saw what the plant could do and said: “This is a very big development and people need to be aware of what is being proposed and have their say.
“There are advantages like bringing more employment and treating waste, but equally, it is a big building and there could be issues with more traffic in the area and smells, although the developers say not.”
Cllr Oglethorpe said the plant could generate an extra 40 lorry movements an hour, on top of the existing 100 for normal dock traffic.
The developers hope to apply for planning permission in October and could be operational by late 2009.
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The update is:
The waste company held a meeting which no one attended because nobody knew anything about it. Everyone around has had a letter saying plans have been submitted and 8th October is the deadline to register views.
No one knows about this in Cressington, so the planning dept are negligent.
A plant was planned for Helsby on the Wirral, and they got rid of it, by going through Public Enquiries. Now they are considering Garston.
The plant will be massive and will dominate the whole of Garston’s foreshore, between the docks and Speke.
Large housing projects have been built around there. Garston Docks will remain, but for how long will they remain viable? There is talk of housing around the docks eventually, which is the best usage for them when the big ships stop entering.
The commercial estate at the old airport site next door is being considered by Royal Mail. A good site as they say rail lines will be run in - from where I don't know. From Garston Docks on the foreshore? From Everton FC training ground around the back of the airport through fields and along the Speke foreshore? Also the proposed air-sea freight terminal next door at JLA, which may be a bonus to Royal Mail. Then the proposals of a Maglev from Manchester airport to the airport. Will this massive waste complex hinder the progress of the area? Will it prevent rail connectivity and hinder future housing? Most certainly.
It is best to put this plant in the fields surrounded by landscaping and trees, so way out of sight and not near people's homes. It should not be in a foreshore location, near homes hindering future progress of the docks and area.
People need to act against this plant and have it put where it is of no harm to anyone.
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