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County scraps plans for waste-to-energy incinerator

County scraps plans for waste-to-energy incinerator

The Board of County Commissioners broke plans Thursday for a regional waste-to-energy incinerator, preferring to haul the county’s waste to a landfill using a short-term contract instead. Commissioners Paul Smith and Billy Shreve cast the dissenting votes to maintain the job on the dining table while the county investigates its options. “It is absolutely no charge to the county to maintain these options open,” Smith stated. “To do away with these choices is mad.” Terminating the undertaking will not cost…

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Bangor’s former incinerator property is not for sale, authority officials say

Bangor’s former incinerator property is not for sale, authority officials say

The Bangor Borough Authority won’t market the prior incinerator property. Not right now, at least. The board voted Thursday day to encourage authority Chairman Donald Butz’s Oct. 2 letter into borough council President James Kresge that said the authority need to not market the incinerator and the surrounding home now identified together as the Bangor Company Park. “Too many people had difficulties with the purchase,” Butz said. Negotiations were underway at summer time that would have had the authority market…

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Bid to burn waste from out of City in Newhaven Incinerator

Bid to burn waste from out of City in Newhaven Incinerator

Veolia is looking to supply non-recyclable commercial and industrial waste for its Newhaven Incinerator from regions neighbouring East Sussex and Brighton and Hove. It asserts this will permit the incinerator to create sufficient energy to power 25,000 homes always. However, cllr Rod Main from Newhaven said this could lead to more pollution and trucks. Veolia applied for planning permission to East Sussex County Council to raise a planning condition to permit the scheme to proceed. General manager for Veolia in…

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