The Welsh Assembly Government has announced plans to invest in a new energy-from-waste recycling plant in South Wales, following lobbying by five local authorities.
The funding is to help start the Prosiect Gwyrdd project – a joint initiative between Cardiff, Caerphilly, Newport, Monmouthshire and the Vale of Glamorgan councils, which will look at the best way to dispose of municipal waste which can’t be recycled or composted. The extra funding will be up to £7.8M in a full year of operation, depending on the final costs of the project.
Environment, sustainability and housing minister, Jane Davidson, said: ‘The extra assembly government funding opens the way for Prosiect Gwyrdd to move forwards, so we can make the most of our resources by producing much-needed energy.’
She added that the WAG would be working with local authority consortia across Wales to develop similar facilities in other areas to deal with residual waste. ‘We can no longer see waste as something simply to bury and forget – it is a resource which can be used to heat our homes and public buildings,’ she said.
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