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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== | ||