News

Staggering cost of running city's incinerator, 17 Oct 2011
Sir, — Since Dundee City Council started to send waste to the DERL incinerator in 2000, it has spent £13,060,460 in gate fees (the fees charged to the council for each tonne of waste at the plant). Sending the same amount of waste...read more

Loss-making DERL plant to get £1m from Dundee City Council, 13 December 2010
The policy and resources committee will be told tonight that Dundee Energy Recycling Ltd (DERL) is being given the loan, which is not repayable until 2020. It was reported this year that...read more

Dundee Council warned on debt burden from incinerator, 5.6.10

Facts and figures and Freedom of Information requests

• Freedom of Information request made on 22 December 2010 (no reply yet) re emission breach of dioxins in 2008.

• Mass emissions in 2009 - total quantities over the course of the year - The mass emissions they have provided are extrapolated from spot sampling of concentrations per cubic metre.  The results of spot sampling in 2009 are provided here.