What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The new energy from waste (incinerator) plant at Skelton Grange has moved into its commissioning stage. Once operational, it will process up to 410,000 tonnes of residual commercial waste and use it to generate 49MW of renewable electricity per annum. This is enough energy to power more than 100,000 homes.
Trainees from St Luke’s CARES Retail and Warehouse course visited the Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility (RERF) on Friday 26 August 2022. Veolia’s RERF, situated in East Leeds, is a large wooden dome structure standing 42 metres high and 150 meters long and can be seen from various points in
Plans for an Energy from Waste (EfW) incinerator plant on the site of the old Skelton Grange power stations are set to come to fruition this year, ten years after a planning application was first submitted. South Leeds Life first reported on plans for such a plant back in February
Having been out with the bin men in Cottingley, I was keen to see what happens to the rubbish they collect. I got the opportunity to have a tour of the Leeds Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility (which is the massive building with a shiny roof you can see in
PCSO Rob Manning attended the latest Hunslet PACT (Police and Communities Together) meeting. The meeting was attended by 20 residents, representatives from Aire Valley Homes and Councillor Elizabeth Nash. The guest speakers were from Veolia and gave a presentation on the new recycling and energy recovery facility at the Cross Green Industrial
Plans for an incinerator that would burn up to 300,000 tonnes of commercial and industrial waste a year were discussed at a Leeds City Council planning meeting. Waste management specialists Biffa plans is to build a plant at the site of the former Skelton Grange power station near Stourton that would