 | How much will implementing the strategy cost?
To meet our challenging targets it is essential that we invest in new waste treatment facilities. Landfilling waste has always been a cheap option, particularly in Warwickshire. However this is set to change.
We have modelled our preferred options for managing waste and have estimated how much it will cost to divert waste away from landfill by in-vessel composting and using energy from waste. The costs shown in the following table include the estimated costs of collection, recycling, composting , treatment and disposal. It is also assumed that we will send a minimum of 30,000 tonnes of waste to Coventry and Solihull's Energy from Waste facility.
Revenue cost for total collection and disposal (£ million/ year)
Proposed options | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 |
| 40% recycling by 2010, centralised energy from waste facility and separate collection of kitchen/ food waste. £30,000 tonnes per annum to Coventry and Solihull's EfW plant | £25.8 | £29.2 | £31.9 |
The equivalent cost in terms of estimated payments per household in 2015 has been calculated at £117 per year. We have assumed that the number of households in Warwickshire will increase from 220,000 to 249,000 and that by 2015 all new infrastructure will be in place. The cost includes collection, recycling, composting, treatment and disposal. It doe snot include the cost for waste minimisation initiatives, which are critical to the success of the Strategy.
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