Plans To Replace Ageing City Incinerator

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20 February 2026
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Plans to change an aging incinerator with a more efficient one are due to be taken a look at by city leaders.


A new energy healing plant, for Hanford, near Stoke City's Bet365 Stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, would power the equivalent of about 50,000 homes, the authority stated.


They included it might likewise create a "significant" income which could be reinvested into local recycling and net absolutely no schemes.


The contract for the present incinerator at Hanford ends in March 2030, when it will be 35 years old and at the end of its functional life.


The project could also be a significant contributor to the city's district heating network to offer public buildings with low-carbon heating and warm water, powered by geothermal energy, a spokesperson said.


The city council's cabinet is being asked to start a formal procurement process to discover an to partner with, who could invest, design, build and run the brand-new center.


That procedure was anticipated to take 18 months, with the proposed center arranged to be up and running in 2032.


Cabinet member Finlay Gordon-McCusker stated the present center had actually burnt more than 4 million tonnes of rubbish since it opened in 1995, offering a "sustainable option" to garbage dump.


The council wished to think about an "entrepreneurial" technique to running the center, he added.


Waste increase


This would involve a more significant in advance investment than other options, Gordon-McCusker stated.


But it was expected that the authority would make a profit from the scheme in the longer term, he claimed, through the sale of electrical power and heat as well as costs credited other organisations using the site for their waste.


The new website might manage about 230,000-290,000 tonnes of waste each year, which would be an increase of in between 10-38% of present levels.


A public assessment will run during March and April.