A controversial new storage facility that could process more than 240,000 tonnes of incinerated rubbish every year could be coming to the banks of the Mersey.
An application has been submitted to Wirral Council by Covanta Energy Ltd to construct the new building on a Biffa site next to the Port Sunlight river park in Bromborough. The proposed site would take ash from incinerated waste from facilities in Ellesmere Port as well as a plant in Dublin.
Waste will be stored in the facility for several weeks before being processed. It can then be used in construction such as asphalt or cement or as filler. The incinerated waste would otherwise go to landfill with Covanta processing in total more than 1.4m tonnes every year. This generates electricity for 300,000 homes according to the company.
Concerns have been raised by Bromborough councillor Jo Bird as well as other campaigners for Wirral’s Green Party, which opposes waste incineration arguing it is at odds with net-zero ambitions.