Manvers rubbish treatment plant gets green light

Members of Rotherham Borough Councils Planning Board this morning considered and backed a report by officers recommending approval of the detailed plans by proposed operator 3SE.

The partnership operation, made up by Shanks Group plc, one of Europe's leading waste management businesses, and Scottish and Southern Energy plc, has just signed a 25-year contract worth more than 750 million with Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham (BDR) councils for the treatment of black bag waste.

The proposed plant at Manvers would deal with up to 265,000 tonnes of waste a year and treat left over household waste from Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham.

The scheme has been boosted by £77 million through the Private Finance Initiative.

Shanks will build a Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) and Anaerobic Digestion (AD) facility at Bolton Road, Manvers, by 2015, if planning permission is granted.

Solid fuel recovered from the plant will be used at a new multi-fuel power plant at Ferrybridge to generate electricity.

When the facility at Bolton Road is operational, it will lead to a saving equivalent to 114,000 tonnes of CO2 every year, said Shanks, which will run the plant throughout the 25-year period of the contract until 2040.

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