Around 26,000 homes in Gloucestershire will get their heating from landfill waste, after the government approved a £500 million energy waste centre in the county. Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles approved the application for Javelin Park, which will divert around 92% of rubbish from 600,000 residents from landfill. Waste managers Urbaser and building […]

An energy from waste centre the size of two Premier League football pitches has been fully completed in Oxfordshire. The centre located in Bicester, Ardley will turn around 300,000 tonnes of waste into electricity a year and should power roughly 38,000 homes. Waste company Viridor which is running the Oxford Energy Recovery Centre said it should divert around 95% of rubbish from landfill. Councillor […]