Is All South Wales Rubbish Heading For Cynon Valley?
Posted by Lewis on the 23rd November 2012
Once again our Labour run council are not giving local residents adequate time to view what this council is proposing have they got something to conceal?
“Biogen will shortly be submitting plans to build and operate the anaerobic digestion plant and along with Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council are holding an open afternoon at: Bryn Pica Visitors’ Centre, Bryn Pica, Llwydcoed, Aberdare CF44 0BX on 22nd November from 4pm to 8pm. Representatives from the partnership will be on hand to explain how the plant will work and the benefits to the local community.”
The date of the published article in the Glamorgan Gazette November 22nd date for viewing plans and info November 22nd how this council expect people to get to know about this incinerator if that what it is? On their doorstep when there is insufficient time given to local residents to look and question.
I expect it is a done deal anyway irrespective of what resident’s want, fetch all South Wales rubbish into Cynon Valley I expect that’s what’s going to happen.
Talk about open government you must be joking.
Plans unveiled for renewable energy at Bryn Pica
Glamorgan GazetteNov 22 2012
Local people are being invited to an exhibition to find out more about a revolutionary green energy plant which will create electricity from their food waste.
Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport Councils recently appointed anaerobic digestion specialists Biogen to provide a local treatment facility for food waste near the existing landfill site at Bryn Pica, Llwydcoed, Aberdare.
The anaerobic digestion plant will process food waste from local households and businesses to generate one megawatt of electricity, enough to power around 1,500 homes each year. The plant will also produce a valuable fertiliser for farmland.
Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport Councils currently collect food waste from residents in their respective areas under their extensive recycling activities which is currently transported to treatment facilities outside of all these areas. The new anaerobic digester will help the Councils deal with food waste in a more environmentally sustainable manner.
Biogen will shortly be submitting plans to build and operate the anaerobic digestion plant and along with Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council are holding an open afternoon at: Bryn Pica Visitors’ Centre, Bryn Pica, Llwydcoed, Aberdare CF44 0BX on 22nd November from 4pm to 8pm. Representatives from the partnership will be on hand to explain how the plant will work and the benefits to the local community.
Read more: Wales Online http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/11/22/plans-unveiled-f...
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I guess the council cant be responsible for when the press publish stories - however I know that residents in Llwydcoed had a letter inviting them to this about a week before the date as my sister had a letter and I saw it.
The ones within a mile or two knew about it from a house to house letter drop
A proposal for installation of a centralised community biogas plant will normally require completion of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) before submission for planning permission. This can necessitate detailed assessment of the likely impacts on the surrounding environment should the plant reach construction.
The general format for EIA contains the following:
Description of the project and the legislation pertaining to such developments
An outline of the main alternatives studied by the applicant for consent and and indication of the main reasons for proposed choice
A description of the aspects of the environment likely to be significantly affected by the proposed project, including, in particular,
Population
Air
Fauna
Climatic factors
Flora
material assets
Soil
Architectural and archaeological heritage
Water
Landscape
Inter-relationship between the above factors
A description of the likely significant effects of the project on the environment in the short and long term.
A description of the measures envisaged that would mitigate any significant adverse effects on the environment.
A non-technical summary of the information provided.
An indication of any difficulties (e.g. technical deficiencies) encountered by the applicant in compiling the required information.
I don’t think this is the way to dispose of your waste have a look at the link from Nepal
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=133_1354763807&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm...
The Cynon just takes shopping trolleys
Tomorrow's Valley names BIOGEN as first choice to build food waste to energy plant.
13/12/2012
BIOGEN has been named preferred bidder for a contract to build and operate what will be its third food waste to energy plant in Wales.
The preferred bidder appointment made by the Tomorrow's Valley Hub led by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council and including Merthyr Tydfil and Newport City Councils is for a 15 year contract for the design, construction and operation of a 22,500 tonnes anaerobic digestion (AD) plant next to the existing landfill site at Bryn Pica near Aberdare.
The AD plant at Bryn Pica will process food waste collected from homes within the Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport areas and also local businesses to generate renewable electricity for the grid - enough to power more than 2,000 homes continually for a year. The plant will also produce a valuable biofertiliser for local farmland.
Subject to planning permission, work on the Bryn Pica plant will commence in mid-2013. It is expected that the plant will be operational and generating electricity by Summer 2014.
BIOGEN’s Chief Executive, Richard Barker said, “This is fantastic news for South Wales and for BIOGEN. We are delighted that Tomorrow’s Valley has recognised our knowledge, skills and capability in the field of anaerobic digestion and we are excitedly looking forward to delivering this state of the art food waste AD plant for the community in this region of Wales.”
It looks like Merthyr Tydfil and Newport City Councils will be sending all its food waste into Cynon Valley for the next 15 years.
Just more heavy commercial vehicles entering Cynon Valley on an already outdated highways system that is not fit for purpose.
I expect it wont stop at 3 local authority’s I expect others will only be to happy to import there waste into Llwydcoed.
If one only considers Brofiscin Quarry!
Then it becomes rather obvious that RCTBC are no respecters of the people's health, the Environment, nor the Environment Protection Act 1990 as amended.
The RCTBC Environmental Health Department is not to be trusted. Neither is the Environment Agency when given something "too big" for them to handle.
In short I concluded that they are simply conning the public. If they disagree I would welcome an open forum meeting with any of them.
Have peep here please.
http://www.theecologist.org/The_Brofiscin_Monsanto_Files/777767/has_the_...
People First Please!
Lewis - surely they will be bringing any food waste via the A470 and then the Heads of the Valleys so there should be no lorries through our valley
That’s what should happen but in reality the A4095 will be used just like the restricted weight limit on the B4276 through Llwydcoed abused on a regular basis by large vehicles taking a shortcut to Bryn Pica.