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New funding boost for next generation energy-from-waste plant in south Wales
The funding will help get Prosiect Gwyrdd started. The Project is a joint initiative between five South Wales councils which will look at the best way to dispose of municipal waste that can’t be recycled or composted. The extra funding for Prosiect Gwyrdd will be up to £7.8m in a full year of operation depending on the final costs of the project.
Ms Davidson said that European targets for waste mean a new approach is needed.
She said:
Ambitious EU targets for reducing landfill and increasing recycling mean we can no longer continue what we are doing now. By 2010, no more than 75% of the amount of biodegradable municipal waste produced in 1995 can be land filled. By 2013 only 50% can be land filled.
We need new collection services and new infrastructure to use waste in the best possible way and stop dumping in landfill. The extra Assembly Government funding opens the way for Prosiect Gwyrdd to move forwards so we can make the most of our resources by producing much needed energy.
It will also mean investment in jobs as this new plant is constructed and people employed to work and run it, providing local employment.
The Minister added:
This significant investment means Wales can continue to lead the waste and recycling agenda. Continuing to landfill is not affordable, financially or environmentally.
We must recycle or compost as much waste as possible and maximise the benefits of the renewable energy that can be produced from source separated food waste and treatment of residual waste. We will be working with local authority consortia across Wales to develop similar facilities in other areas to deal with residual waste and these important projects will also attract a similar level of support to ensure they proceed quickly and help us to meet future EU waste diversion targets.
We can no longer see waste as something simply to bury and forget – it is a resource that can be used to heat our homes and public buildings.
Related Links
http://wales.gov.uk/topics/environmentcountryside/epq/waste_recycling/?lang=en
