Moray Council Takes Steps to Join Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council : Scottish Councils Move to Join Forces on £180m Waste to Energy Plant
Councillors in Moray, Scotland are taking steps towards joining forces with two other north-east authoritiesto develop a £180 million waste to energy facility to process household waste from the region.
The council explained that it has agreed to approve the terms of what will be the first stage of an agreement with Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council to develop the plant.
With landfill bans set for some materials set to enter force in 2020, Moray said that it was be left with no option but to find an alternative to sending its non-recycleable waste to the council’s landfill site at Nether Dallachy.
Councillors heard that all three north-east councils had concluded that their interests would best be served by collaborating on a joint waste to energy facility in Aberdeen. At this stage the indicative costs to build the plant are said to be £180 million, of which Moray’s share would be £25million.
The council said that that would cost the it £1.8million per year in loan charges over a 25 year period. However, is added that it currently spends £2.25 million on landfill tax.
Moray Council has 4500 employees and services 92,500 residents. It is headquartered in Elgin, the administrative capital of Moray.
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