The cabinet has been asked to give officers the green light to enter a contract and project agreement for disposal of waste at the site.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is set to appoint a contractor to run waste-to-energy services at the Hanford site for the next five years. The current contract ends at the end of March this year.
The cabinet has been asked to give officers the green light to enter a contract and project agreement for disposal of waste at the site.
The new operation and maintenance contract will ensure the current plan is capable of operating for a further five years, providing the best value and most environmentally sustainable means of disposing residual waste in the city.
The terms would include an option to extend for a further two years, if required.
The cabinet is also set to approve moving ahead with developing plans for the energy-from-waste facility post 2030.
The move will give the council certainty moving forward - providing the city with a cost-effective, efficient, centrally-located waste disposal service, while the new facility is developed.
Councillor Amjid Wazir OBE, cabinet member for city pride, enforcement and sustainability for Stoke-on-Trent City Council, said: “This announcement is great news Thanks to effective management and strategic investment in the facility, the plant has already reduced its emissions reduced by around 20 per cent over the last couple of years. At the same time, capacity and availability have increased. its also seen capacity and availability increase.
“While these improvements are significant, the plant is coming to the end of its useful life and we now need to start future planning for securing a replacement facility for the disposal of residual waste.
“The energy-from-waste site ensure almost no waste goes to landfill. In fact, the reduction is that we only landfill 0.1% of the waste collected in the City and provided the most cost-effective outcome ensuring financial resources can be protected for frontline services. Secure, low-cost carbon energy will be generated and made available for use within the city.”
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