Comment

Representation ID: 21364

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Pegasus Grab Hire Ltd

Agent: Emery Planning

Policy Wl - Waste Infrastructure - Future Requirements


6.1 Policy W 1 identifies a need for additional waste management capacity to be delivered in order to maintain net self-sufficiency. To achieve this, the capacity for re-use / recycling of non• hazardous municipal waste and inert C&DE waste must be increased.

6.2 The Waste Study 2020 highlights a need for an additional 1.5 mt of recycling capacity to maintain self-sufficiency. Table 9-Black Country Waste Capacity Requirements 2018- 2039 within the BCP states there is a requirement of up to 1 mt and mentions 7-20 facilities with a capacity between
50,000 and 150,000 tonnes per annum. This leaves a lot of uncertainty surrounding the delivery of additional waste capacity and is further undermined by the sites' unknown financial viability and