Beddington EfW: Difference between revisions

(7 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)

Line 1:

[[~~File~~:Viridor ~~Beddington~~.~~png|330px|left|Viridor Beddington~~]]

{{#vardefine:epr|TP3836CT}}[[Category:EfW Plants]]

[[~~Category~~:~~EfW Plants]~~]

An [[EfW]] facility based upon conventional [[combustion]] technology which as yet does not have [[R1]] status. [[Beddington EfW]] has permitted operational capacity of 347,422 (+15% permit variation from 09/12/20) tonnes per annum, operated and owned by [[Viridor]]. Delivery of waste is by road and the facility processes primarily residual [[Household Waste]] and some [[Commercial Waste]]<ref>[https://www.viridor.co.uk/energy/energy-recovery-facilities/beddington-erf/ Viridor Website]</ref>

{{EfWTemplate|EPR={{#var:epr}}|id=52}}[[File:Viridor Beddington.png|330px|left|Viridor Beddington]]__TOC__<br clear='left' />

==Summary==

An [[EfW]] facility based upon conventional combustion technology which as yet does not have [[R1]] status. Beddington has permitted operational capacity of ~~303~~,~~000~~ tonnes per annum, operated and owned by [[Viridor]]. Delivery of waste is by road and the facility processes primarily residual [[Household Waste]] and some [[Commercial Waste]]<ref>[https://www.viridor.co.uk/energy/energy-recovery-facilities/beddington-erf/ Viridor Website]</ref>

An [[EfW]] facility based upon conventional [[combustion]] technology which as yet does not have [[R1]] status. [[Beddington EfW]] has permitted operational capacity of 347,422 (+15% permit variation from 09/12/20) tonnes per annum, operated and owned by [[Viridor]]. Delivery of waste is by road and the facility processes primarily residual [[Household Waste]] and some [[Commercial Waste]]<ref>[https://www.viridor.co.uk/energy/energy-recovery-facilities/beddington-erf/ Viridor Website]</ref>

==History==

The Beddington facility was built primarily to service a 25 year [[PPP]] contract signed in November 2014 with the [[South London Waste Partnership]] comprising [[Croydon London Borough Council | Croydon]], [[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames| Kingston]], [[Merton London Borough Council | Merton]], [[Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council | Richmond]] and [[Sutton London Borough Council | Sutton]] receiving additional residual [[Commercial Waste]]. It is located in Sutton on [[Viridor]]'s [[Landfill]] site which is due to close with the operation of the facility, which commenced in January 2020.

On the 9th December 2020 the [[Environment Agency]] determined a variation of the permit and issued a 15% increase in the tonnage throughput from a maximum of 302,500 tonnes of waste per year to a maximum of 347,422 tonnes of waste per year.<ref>[https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/waste-arisings-up-5-8-in-south-london-partnership-area/ Letsrecycle Article]</ref>. It was reported in January 2022 that a further application to increase the [[Environmental Permit|environmental permit]] to 382,000 tonnes per annum was been made by [[Viridor]] to the [[Environment Agency]]<ref>[https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/slwp-and-viridor-clash-over-beddington-expansion/ Letsrecycle.com Article]</ref>.

On the 4th June 2025 the Environment Agency created a [http://www.merton.tv/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Beddington-ERF-CAR-ref-GP3305LN-0560124-v2.pdf CAR (Compliance Assessment Report)] for the incinerator when they discovered Viridor had been incorrectly recording and reporting the NOx emissions data. Between 8th September 2022 and 14th March 2024 they discovered a total number of 916 NOx exceedances on top of the known breaches for VOC, HCI, and SO2. Due to the excessive number of exceedances, poor management system & operating procedures and poor monitoring of emissions & environment resulted in a Risk category 2 non-compliance which could have a '''significant''' environmental effect, a CCS (Compliance Classification Scheme) score of 95 was awarded for the CAR, with an existing score of 4 brings the total for 2025 so far to 99, which currently moves the incinerator to a band E operator.

Enforcement action due to the severity of the offence includes a subsistence fee at 150% of the baseline charge for 2026, and yet to be determined action which could lead to criminal prosecutions and or suspension or revocation of the permit.

==Plant==

Built by [[CNIM]] and [[Lagan]] which started in 2015 and was delivered in January 2020 at a reported <ref>[http://haggaiprojects.co.uk/efw-projects/4594784023 Haggai Projects Website]</ref> £196m capital cost.

The plant comprises 2 lines via standard combustion technology Martin Reverse Acting Grate, generating super-heated steam, and is configured to run on primarily residual [[Household Waste]] and similar residual [[Commercial Waste]].

The plant comprises 2 lines via standard [[combustion]] technology Martin Reverse Acting [[Grate]], generating super-heated steam, and is configured to run on primarily residual [[Household Waste]] and similar residual [[Commercial Waste]].

~~==Local Authority Users==~~

The Local Authority tonnage below is higher than the tonnage reported in the summary box on this page. This is a result of the Local Authority listing their tonnage under two separate permit numbers for the same site, whereas the summary box is for the tonnage specifically listed under the actual site permit.

The following represents those local authorities recorded as putting tonnage into the site (either directly or via a transfer station). The tonnage received cannot be directly compared with the stated historical tonnage received and recorded in the [[EA]] statistics as these are recorded on a calendar year basis (i.e. January 2018 to December 2018). A 'zero return' below indicates no local authority tonnage was recorded, most likely a result of the plant being recently commissioned and actually having received no tonnage. Equally, lower than expected tonnage maybe a result of either a new plant being in 'ramp up' towards full capacity after construction, or may be a result of plant shut down and subsequent re-start in a year.

{{EfWLAData|EPR={{#var:epr}}}}

{{~~#clear_external_data:}}~~

~~{{#get_db_data: db=engy~~

~~|from=wdfincin|where=epr='TP3836CT' OR epr='VP3039SW'|data=authority=authority,epr=epr,ton=ton}}~~

{|~~class~~=~~"wikitable sortable"~~

~~! Authority~~

~~! Tonnage~~ {{#~~for_external_table~~:~~<nowiki/>~~

~~{{!}}-~~

~~{{!}} [[{{{authority}}~~}]]

~~{{!~~}} ~~{{{ton}}}~~

}}

|}

{{EAIn|EPR={{#var: epr}}}}

==References==

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-[[File:Viridor Beddington.png|330px|left|Viridor Beddington]]
+{{#vardefine:epr|TP3836CT}}[[Category:EfW Plants]]
-[[Category:EfW Plants]]
+An [[EfW]] facility based upon conventional [[combustion]] technology which as yet does not have [[R1]] status. [[Beddington EfW]] has permitted operational capacity of 347,422 (+15% permit variation from 09/12/20) tonnes per annum, operated and owned by [[Viridor]]. Delivery of waste is by road and the facility processes primarily residual [[Household Waste]] and some [[Commercial Waste]]<ref>[https://www.viridor.co.uk/energy/energy-recovery-facilities/beddington-erf/ Viridor Website]</ref>
-{{EfWTemplate|EPR=TP3836CT|id=52}}
+{{EfWTemplate|EPR={{#var:epr}}|id=52}}[[File:Viridor Beddington.png|330px|left|Viridor Beddington]]__TOC__<br clear='left' />
 ==Summary==
-An [[EfW]] facility based upon conventional combustion technology which as yet does not have [[R1]] status. Beddington has permitted operational capacity of 303,000 tonnes per annum, operated and owned by [[Viridor]]. Delivery of waste is by road and the facility processes primarily residual [[Household Waste]] and some [[Commercial Waste]]<ref>[https://www.viridor.co.uk/energy/energy-recovery-facilities/beddington-erf/ Viridor Website]</ref>
+An [[EfW]] facility based upon conventional [[combustion]] technology which as yet does not have [[R1]] status. [[Beddington EfW]] has permitted operational capacity of 347,422 (+15% permit variation from 09/12/20) tonnes per annum, operated and owned by [[Viridor]]. Delivery of waste is by road and the facility processes primarily residual [[Household Waste]] and some [[Commercial Waste]]<ref>[https://www.viridor.co.uk/energy/energy-recovery-facilities/beddington-erf/ Viridor Website]</ref>
 ==History==
 The Beddington facility was built primarily to service a 25 year [[PPP]] contract signed in November 2014 with the [[South London Waste Partnership]] comprising [[Croydon London Borough Council | Croydon]], [[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames| Kingston]], [[Merton London Borough Council | Merton]], [[Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council | Richmond]] and [[Sutton London Borough Council | Sutton]] receiving additional residual [[Commercial Waste]]. It is located in Sutton on [[Viridor]]'s [[Landfill]] site which is due to close with the operation of the facility, which commenced in January 2020.
+On the 9th December 2020 the [[Environment Agency]] determined a variation of the permit and issued a 15% increase in the tonnage throughput from a maximum of 302,500 tonnes of waste per year to a maximum of 347,422 tonnes of waste per year.<ref>[https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/waste-arisings-up-5-8-in-south-london-partnership-area/ Letsrecycle Article]</ref>. It was reported in January 2022 that a further application to increase the [[Environmental Permit|environmental permit]] to 382,000 tonnes per annum was been made by [[Viridor]] to the [[Environment Agency]]<ref>[https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/slwp-and-viridor-clash-over-beddington-expansion/ Letsrecycle.com Article]</ref>.
+On the 4th June 2025 the Environment Agency created a [http://www.merton.tv/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Beddington-ERF-CAR-ref-GP3305LN-0560124-v2.pdf CAR (Compliance Assessment Report)] for the incinerator when they discovered Viridor had been incorrectly recording and reporting the NOx emissions data.  Between 8th September 2022 and 14th March 2024 they discovered a total number of 916 NOx exceedances on top of the known breaches for  VOC, HCI, and SO2.  Due to the excessive number of exceedances, poor management system & operating procedures and poor monitoring of emissions & environment resulted in a Risk category 2 non-compliance which could have a '''significant''' environmental effect, a CCS (Compliance Classification Scheme) score of 95 was awarded for the CAR, with an existing score of 4 brings the total for 2025 so far to 99, which currently moves the incinerator to a band E operator.
+Enforcement action due to the severity of the offence includes a subsistence fee at 150% of the baseline charge for 2026, and yet to be determined action which could lead to criminal prosecutions and or suspension or revocation of the permit.
 ==Plant==
 Built by [[CNIM]] and [[Lagan]] which started in 2015 and was delivered in January 2020 at a reported <ref>[http://haggaiprojects.co.uk/efw-projects/4594784023 Haggai Projects Website]</ref> £196m capital cost.
-The plant comprises 2 lines via standard combustion technology Martin Reverse Acting Grate, generating super-heated steam, and is configured to run on primarily residual [[Household Waste]] and similar residual [[Commercial Waste]].
+The plant comprises 2 lines via standard [[combustion]] technology Martin Reverse Acting [[Grate]], generating super-heated steam, and is configured to run on primarily residual [[Household Waste]] and similar residual [[Commercial Waste]].
-==Local Authority Users==
-The Local Authority tonnage below is higher than the tonnage reported in the summary box on this page. This is a result of the Local Authority listing their tonnage under two separate permit numbers for the same site, whereas the summary box is for the tonnage specifically listed under the actual site permit.
-The following  represents those local authorities recorded as putting tonnage into the site (either directly or via a transfer station). The tonnage received cannot be directly compared with the stated historical tonnage received and recorded in the [[EA]] statistics as these are recorded on a calendar year basis (i.e. January 2018 to December 2018). A 'zero return' below indicates no local authority tonnage was recorded, most likely a result of the plant being recently commissioned and actually having received no tonnage. Equally, lower than expected tonnage maybe a result of either a new plant being in 'ramp up' towards full capacity after construction, or may be a result of plant shut down and subsequent re-start in a year.
+{{EfWLAData|EPR={{#var:epr}}}}
-{{#clear_external_data:}}
-{{#get_db_data: db=engy
-|from=wdfincin|where=epr='TP3836CT' OR epr='VP3039SW'|data=authority=authority,epr=epr,ton=ton}}
-{|class="wikitable sortable"
-! Authority
-! Tonnage {{#for_external_table:<nowiki/>
-{{!}}-
-{{!}} [[{{{authority}}}]]
-{{!}} {{{ton}}}
-}}
-|}
+{{EAIn|EPR={{#var: epr}}}}
 ==References==
 <references />