Plans To Replace Ageing City Incinerator

20 February 2026
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Richard PriceWest Midlands


Plans to change an ageing incinerator with a more effective one are because of be analyzed by city leaders.


A new energy recovery 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 could likewise produce a "significant" earnings which might be reinvested into regional recycling and net absolutely no plans.


The agreement for the current incinerator at Hanford ends in March 2030, when it will be 35 years of ages and at the end of its serviceable life.


The job could likewise be a significant contributor to the city's district heating network to supply public buildings with low-carbon heating and warm water, powered by geothermal energy, a representative stated.


The city board's cabinet is being asked to start a formal procurement to discover an organisation to partner with, who could invest, style, construct and run the new center.


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


Cabinet member Finlay Gordon-McCusker said the current center had burnt more than four million tonnes of rubbish since it opened in 1995, supplying a "sustainable option" to garbage dump.


The council wished to consider an "entrepreneurial" technique to running the center, he included.


Waste boost


This would include a more significant in advance financial investment than other alternatives, Gordon-McCusker said.


But it was anticipated that the authority would earn a profit from the plan in the longer term, he claimed, through the sale of electricity and heat along with fees charged to other organisations using the website for their waste.


The new site might deal with about 230,000-290,000 tonnes of waste each year, which would be an increase of in between 10-38% of current levels.


A public assessment will run during March and April.