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A campaign for sustainable methods of waste management


 

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Stoneyhill, near Peterhead

 

Campaign organiser: 

John Askey, john.askey@virgin.net 

 
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Applicant: 

SITA UK

Technology: 

Gasification

Fuel

Residual household waste from Aberdeenshire

Capacity: 

100,000 tpa

Local authority: 

Aberdeenshire Council

Planning application

9 Feb 2011 - SITA has submitted a Proposal of Application Notice (click here

Latest News -  Please email relevant news stories for publishing 

Peterhead - £60million plant unveiled, June 4 2011

Final plans for a waste treatment plant in Buchan at the centre of a fresh incinerator row will come under public scrutiny...read more

Peterhead gasifier application imminent, 19 April 2011 - external link - A LANDFILL site at the centre of a Buchan incinerator row could have its life-span extended by 12 years...read more

Buchan group on the warpath as incinerator row ignites, 23 Mar - external link

A fresh incinerator row has erupted over plans to build a multimillion-pound waste treatment plant in rural Buchan...read more

Community invited to help shape the future of proposed Stoneyhill resource recovery park (SITA press release 9 Feb 2011, external link)
Local communities in Aberdeenshire are being invited to get involved in SITA UK’s plans to develop a new resource recovery park at a series of exhibitions...read more

Have say on proposals for £60m Buchan waste treatment plant, 10 Feb 2011 (external link) 
French firm submits application and wants to hear the views of residents living near planned site...read more

Buchan jobs boost if £60million waste treatment plant goes ahead, 20 Jan 2011

PLANS have emerged for a multimillion-pound waste treatment plant at a Buchan landfill site, bringing a potential jobs boost to the north-east....read more

Sita plans gasifier for Stoneyhill near Peterhead 19 Jan 2011 
SITA UK has published a press release (click here) stating that it is about to submit a Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) to Aberdeenshire Council...read more

Related articles and reports

Perth Council ignores SITA's misleading statement to Development Control Committee, 4 December 2011
Chief Executive of Perth and Kinross Council refuses to take action over misleading statements by SITA UK over its application to build a waste gasification incinerator at Binn Farm near Abernethy...read more

Irresponsible view? Dovesdale court case begins, 27 Oct 2011
THE Judicial Review into the Dovesdale Incinerator has started at the Court of Session in Edinburgh. On Friday members from Dovesdale Incinerator Action Group...read more

Call from Coatbridge - email Minister now, 8 July 2011
Dear all - Interesting item on BBC website relating to Dovesdale incinerator– but look what she says at the end! When you email her...read more

Dargavel (Scotgen, Dumfries) update from SEPA, 30 March 2011

From March 2010 until March 2011 there have been 37 activations of the bypass stack. In the main these activations...read more

Visit to Dumfries gasifier reveals dirty truth, 9 February 2011

Dargavel gasification plant was even worse than we'd feared...read more

Italian gasifier put on hold due to concerns over Scottish plant, 24 Feb 2011

Today - Ecofor (the company that wanted to build the incinerator in Pontedera) has announced the renunciation of the construction of the waste incinerator. They said Dumfries incinerator...read more

Derby victory in Sinfin appeal, 16 Nov

Campaigners in Derby are celebrating the failure of Resource Recovery Solutions (Derbyshire) Limited to overturn on appeal the decision of Derby City Council....Read more