Broadpath Landfill: Difference between revisions
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The capacity at the site as originally granted planning permission was circa 2.5M m3; this was subsequently increased upon approval of revised surcharge and settlement contours to around 3.8M m3. | The capacity at the site as originally granted planning permission was circa 2.5M m3; this was subsequently increased upon approval of revised surcharge and settlement contours to around 3.8M m3. | ||
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There is landfill gas power generation with electricity export to the local distribution system. | |||
Viridor have been unable to secure a connection to the local sewerage system, principally due to a lack of local treatment capacity at the receiving sewage works. Consequently, leachate removed from the site is tankered away to appropriately permitted sewage treatment facilities. | |||
Elsewhere within the quarry complex, Viridor also developed an In-vessel Composting (IVC) facility to deal with some of Devon County Council's separately collected green waste. This facility is no longer in operation as an IVC and teh site is used as a transfer station. | |||
==Tonnage Handled== | ==Tonnage Handled== | ||