Tyseley energy from waste plant
This plant was built in 1996 to replace an existing 1970s mass burn incinerator and to allow the council to reduce its reliance on landfill.
Photo by Birmingham city council
It burned 313,000 tonnes of rubbish in 2006/07, producing enough energy from waste to power 40,000 local homes.
The plant runs 24 hours a day, 365 days of the week and is well within UK and EU standards for emissions; all that is seen coming from the chimney stack is steam.
Tyseley recovers several thousand tonnes of metals each year after the incineration process. The bottom ash, which is what remains in the furnace, is used in road building programmes.
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