Plans To Replace Ageing City Incinerator
20 February 2026
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Richard PriceWest Midlands
Plans to replace an ageing incinerator with a more effective one are due to be analyzed by city leaders.
A 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 said.
They included it might likewise produce a "considerable" earnings which could be reinvested into local recycling and net absolutely no schemes.
The contract for the existing incinerator at Hanford ends in March 2030, when it will be 35 years of ages and at the end of its functional life.
The job could also be a significant contributor to the city's district heating network to provide public buildings with low-carbon heating and warm water, powered by geothermal energy, a representative said.
The city board's cabinet is being asked to begin a formal procurement procedure to discover an organisation to partner with, who could invest, design, construct and run the new center.
That procedure was expected to take 18 months, with the proposed center scheduled to be up and running in 2032.
Cabinet member Finlay Gordon-McCusker stated the existing facility had actually burnt more than four million tonnes of rubbish since it opened in 1995, providing a "sustainable alternative" to land fill.
The council wished to think about an "entrepreneurial" approach to running the facility, he included.
Waste boost
This would include a more considerable in advance financial investment than other choices, 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 electrical energy and heat as well as charges charged to other organisations utilizing the website for their waste.
The might handle about 230,000-290,000 tonnes of waste each year, which would be an increase of in between 10-38% of present levels.
A public assessment will run throughout March and April.
