INCINERATORS are a likely to be a “one generational” way of dealing with waste – a Council committee has been told.

Tim Shapcott, of Associated Waste Management, made the claim when asked by members of Bradford Council’s Regeneration and Environment Scrutiny Committee about the future of incinerators, or “energy from waste” plants.

Such plants are seen as a greener way of waste disposal and energy generation, but developments are often hugely unpopular with residents living nearby.

AWM provides waste disposal services for Bradford Council, and Mr Shapcott spoke to Councillors about its work at last week’s meeting.

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Mr Shapcott was discussing how much of the waste collected in Bradford is taken to a plant in Ferrybridge, which includes an energy from waste facility.

Asked about the future of energy from waste, Mr Shapcott said: “There is no doubt in my mind that the energy from waste model is a one generational model.”

He said many waste businesses may struggle to commit to the huge tonnages that have to be supplied to energy from waste plants – commitments that are often needed when signing lengthy contracts with the businesses behind the incinerators.

He went on to say he “could not really see anything else” being built after a new incinerator in the East of Leeds that AWM is involved in.