Plans To Replace Ageing City Incinerator

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20 February 2026
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Richard PriceWest Midlands


Plans to change an ageing incinerator with a more effective one are due to be examined by city leaders.


A new energy healing plant, for Hanford, near Stoke City's Bet365 Stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, would power the equivalent of about 50,000 homes, the authority stated.


They included it could likewise produce a "substantial" income which could be reinvested into local recycling and net absolutely no schemes.


The agreement for the current incinerator at Hanford ends in March 2030, when it will be 35 years of ages and at the end of its serviceable life.


The job might also be a significant factor to the city's district heating network to supply public buildings with low-carbon heating and hot water, powered by geothermal energy, a representative stated.


The city board's cabinet is being asked to start an official procurement procedure to find an organisation to partner with, who could invest, style, develop and run the new center.


That process was anticipated to take 18 months, with the proposed facility arranged to be up and running in 2032.


Cabinet member Finlay Gordon-McCusker stated the had actually burnt more than 4 million tonnes of rubbish because it opened in 1995, supplying a "sustainable alternative" to garbage dump.


The council desired to consider an "entrepreneurial" technique to running the center, he added.


Waste boost


This would include a more considerable in advance financial investment than other options, Gordon-McCusker stated.


But it was anticipated that the authority would make an earnings from the scheme in the longer term, he declared, through the sale of electricity and heat in addition to fees charged to other organisations using the site for their waste.


The brand-new website could handle about 230,000-290,000 tonnes of waste each year, which would be a boost of between 10-38% of current levels.


A public assessment will run during March and April.

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