SITA UK Announces Planning Application

5 October 2010

SITA UK has submitted a planning application to Perth and Kinross Council for a waste gasification plant at Binn Eco Innovation Park near Glenfarg.

The new proposal is for a 60,000 tonne per annum gasification facility that will treat municipal waste and small amounts of business waste, useing it to generate enough electricity to heat and light the equivalent of almost 8,000 homes. As part of the process, metals can also be removed and recycled.
If planning permission and authorisation to operate are granted, the gasification facility will replace plans for a 60,000 tonne per annum energy from waste incineration facility, which was granted permission by Perth and Kinross Council in September 2007.

Martin Cracknell, strategic development manager for SITA UK in Scotland, said: "There is a real need for new waste management facilities in Perth and Kinross and I believe that the proposals contained in our planning application can provide a solution to the area's waste management needs for years to come whilst also meeting the impending challenges of the Scottish Government's Zero Waste Plan. "Gasification is emerging as an effective way to manage waste at a community scale, recovering energy from residual waste that would traditionally have been landfilled and helping to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels."