Representation by Alan Wheeldon
- Date submitted
- 4 October 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I have spoken to several firms close to the incinerator site and they said that if the incinerator is built they would have to close down and move away as they run highly sterile food production facilities that cannot sit near to the incinerator plus the 300 lorry movements per day would stop them getting their deliveries out on time. Although the incinerator will provide 40 jobs, losing these firms who employ hundreds of workers, will result in a net loss of jobs to this region. MVV have overestimated how much waste would be available to burn in the coming years as the new Environment act (Nov 2021) has been created to boost recycling to at least 65% and to reduce landfill burnable waste to only 10% of what it is now. UKWin has estimated that by 2030 there will be a deficit of 9 million tonnes due to overcapacity of incinerators. In addition, just 28 miles away in Boston, plans have been submitted to build a 1 million tonne capacity incinerator which will take much of the waste that MVV is relying on to fulfil its own requirements. Being under capacity means that this incinerator will not be able to fulfil its pledge to generate 50Mw of electricity which takes it below the amount required for it to be a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project.