§ 51. Mr. Rostasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what he is doing to encourage local authorities to establish incinerators to burn combustible waste for the production of heat and electricity; how many are in operation; and how many are under construction.
§ Mr. OakesThe Waste Management Advisory Council included advice about incineration in its recent First Report. Briefly, it recommended that, before contemplating an incinerator incorporating the use of heat or generation of electricity, waste disposal authorities should consider carefully the technical and practical problems and the costs involved. I shall shortly be giving more detailed advice to local authorities along similar lines.
Local authorities do not necessarily inform the Department about such schemes, but I understand that there are four local authority incinerators utilising 242W heat, a further one producing electricity and one incorporating both features. I understand that one further incinerator to utilise heat is under construction.