Scotland could send 100 truckloads of rubbish a day to England after landfill ban
In Scotland, a regular storage ban may see that 100 truck load waste was carried to England every day due to the lack of burning furnaces to meet extra demand.
At the end of this year, the Scottish government will prohibit the burial of “black bag” waste in storage areas, but the waste of waste will not be ready until the deadline of December 31.
Zero Waste Scotland predicted that the “capacity gap” was about 600,000 tons, and some councils approached garbage transport operators in the UK.
The forbidden initially would be implemented in 2021 before being postponed due to the COVİD-19 pandemi, but environmental counselors concluded that despite the delay, hundreds of tons of garbage did not go anywhere.
David Balmer, a waste expert on the improvement of Ers, said to the BBC statement: “You are looking at the equivalent of at least 80 to 100 trucks a week to take this material to a facility in England or abroad.”
The Scottish government hopes to increase recycling rates and use more energy -burning furnaces than waste and hopes to reduce the amount of garbage that should be burned.
Non -recycled products such as wood, textile, paper and food will be banned from storage as it is about 28 times stronger than carbon dioxide because it is broken down to produce methane.
However, the short -term effect is likely to increase emissions, considering that a large vehicle fleet will have to move waste to places as far as Manchester.
“Probably we haven’t really moved trucks and vehicles.”
“You have the environmental impact of all these transportation, ridiculous, but people who invest in burning furnaces, ‘We have invested all this money because of the ban.’
“So, we’re stuck in a really hard place.”
There are currently eight operational burning furnaces in Scotland, and current ones are being built. Although they are still responsible for greenhouse gases, they are less damaging than the release of commodity from storage areas.
Scottish government: “Any waste of waste should be seen as a short -term solution.”
He added that there are alternative measures to the entry into force of the “majority of the councils” to enter into force, but “they will work closely with local authorities and sector organs to monitor and review the relevant problems that may arise as a ban on the prohibition approach”.
