Plans To Replace Ageing City Incinerator

20 February 2026
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Richard PriceWest Midlands


Plans to replace an aging incinerator with a more effective one are because of be analyzed by city leaders.


A brand-new energy healing plant, for Hanford, near Stoke City's Bet365 in Stoke-on-Trent, would power the equivalent of about 50,000 homes, the authority said.


They included it could also generate a "substantial" earnings which might be reinvested into local recycling and net no plans.


The agreement for the present incinerator at Hanford ends in March 2030, when it will be 35 years old and at the end of its functional life.


The task might likewise be a major contributor to the city's district heating network to offer public buildings with low-carbon heating and hot water, powered by geothermal energy, a representative said.


The city council's cabinet is being asked to start a formal procurement process to discover an organisation to partner with, who could invest, style, construct and run the new facility.


That process was expected to take 18 months, with the proposed facility arranged to be up and running in 2032.


Cabinet member Finlay Gordon-McCusker said the current center had burnt more than 4 million tonnes of rubbish considering that it opened in 1995, providing a "sustainable alternative" to landfill.


The council wished to think about an "entrepreneurial" method to running the center, he added.


Waste increase


This would include a more substantial upfront investment than other alternatives, Gordon-McCusker stated.


But it was expected that the authority would earn a profit from the plan in the longer term, he declared, through the sale of electricity and heat as well as costs credited other organisations utilizing the website for their waste.


The new website could deal with about 230,000-290,000 tonnes of waste each year, which would be a boost of between 10-38% of current levels.


A public assessment will run during March and April.