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Life isn't about finding yourself, it is about creating yourself'

George Bernard Shaw
If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Energy from Waste Plant completed on time and on budget.



Enough electricity for 30,000 thousand homes and the scope to heat glasshouses for tomato cultivation are two of the outcomes from the new energy from waste plant at Great Blakenham which has been completed today.

In addition, of course, it will burn almost 200,000 tons of waste, which otherwise would go into landfill.  The taxes saved will benefit Suffolk taxpayers some £8m a year.

The commissioning period, which commenced in the summer, has gone quite well, with few hold ups and glitches.  The facility has today been handed over to SITA UK, a specialist waste management company, who will run it on behalf of the County Council for the next 25 years.

The visitor centre at the site will be opening soon and will not just focus on the operations of the site itself, but other environmental aspects of the subject of waste and recycling.  Any groups or schools interested in a visit should call Emily Pike on 01473 836812 or e mail suffolkefw@sita.co.uk. I understand that visits will commence in the New Year and that a waiting list is being created.

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