Plans To Replace Ageing City Incinerator

20 February 2026
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Richard PriceWest Midlands


Plans to change an aging incinerator with a more efficient one are because of be examined by city leaders.


A brand-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 added it might also create a "substantial" 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 job might also be a major factor to the city's district heating network to provide public structures with low-carbon heating and warm water, powered by geothermal energy, a spokesperson said.


The city council's cabinet is being asked to begin an official procurement procedure to discover an organisation to partner with, who might invest, design, construct and run the brand-new center.


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


Cabinet member Finlay Gordon-McCusker stated the current center had burnt more than four million tonnes of rubbish given that it opened in 1995, offering a "sustainable option" to landfill.


The council desired to think about an "entrepreneurial" technique to running the facility, he included.


Waste increase


This would include a more considerable in advance financial investment than other choices, Gordon-McCusker stated.


But it was expected that the authority would make an earnings from the plan in the longer term, he declared, through the sale of electrical energy and heat in addition to charges charged to other using the website for their waste.


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


A public consultation will run throughout March and April.