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==History==
==History==
The Eastcroft facility was built primarily to service a 25 year [[PPP]] with [[Nottinghamshire County Council]] and [[Nottingham City Council]] and became operational in 1973. It was built to treat around 150,000-160,000 tonnes of residual [[Household Waste]] and some [[Commercial Waste]] throughout Greater Nottinghamshire.
The Eastcroft facility was built primarily to service a 25 year [[PPP]] with [[Nottinghamshire County Council]] and [[Nottingham City Council]] and became operational in 1973. It was built to treat around 150,000-160,000 tonnes per annum of residual [[Household Waste]] and some [[Commercial Waste]] throughout Greater Nottinghamshire.


During the 1990's it was upgraded to meet the emission standards imposed by the [[Environmental Protection Act 1990]] (EPA) and European Directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control 96/61/EC.
During the 1990's it was upgraded to meet the emission standards imposed by the [[Environmental Protection Act 1990]] (EPA) and European Directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control 96/61/EC.
FCC Environment have also recived planning consent to add an addional line to the facility at Eastcroft which will see the total amount of [[Residual Waste]] treated on site increased by a further 100,000 tonnes per annum taking the total tonnage capacity to 260,000 tonnes being treated over 3 lines. [[Eastcroft EfW (3rd Line) (resubmission)]] contains further details of this expansion.


==Plant==
==Plant==