Waste-burning plant plans for Burghfield hit by controversy
Pollution and noise concerns raised by residents
Local Democracy Reporter Nathan Hyde
newsdesk@newburynews.co.uk
Concerns have been raised about plans to build a large waste-burning plant in Burghfield.
J Mould (Reading) Limited wants to construct an energy recovery centre that can take in around 150,000 tonnes of waste each year and use it to generate electricity and heat.
At these facilities, waste is burnt in a 1,000ºC furnace to generate steam that drives a turbine.
The company wants to build the large plant (63.5 metres wide and 24.4 metres high) and a data monitoring centre on land at Reading Quarry, in Berrys Lane, where it currently operates a waste management facility.