Indaver and GFC to work together on the Essex EfW plant development

Waste management company, Indaver, has entered into an agreement with Gent Fairhead & Co Limited (GFC), to work together on the final developmental stages of a proposed Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF) in Rivenhall.

The facility will be designed to burn solid recovered fuel and also will incorporate a mechanical biological treatment plant, an anaerobic digestion plant and a recovered paper pulping facility. The site will provide a waste treatment and recycling facility that will also generate renewable energy by exporting electricity to the local grid. It will supply enough electricity to power over 60,000 homes, equivalent to a town the size of Braintree.

Indaver will now work alongside GFC in finalising the detailed design, planning and permitting of the facility to enable this major investment in Essex. Once the necessary permits are finalised, construction is planned to commence in Summer 2019.

The Rivenhall facility, set to be built in the footprint of a quarry on a former airfield, will produce renewable electricity and divert waste from landfill and provide an alternative to the export of waste. The IWMF will also provide employment opportunities in construction and operation. In addition, the project will include the refurbishment of the derelict 17th century Woodhouse Farm. 

GFC owns the Rivenhall Airfield site and has received planning permission from Essex County Council and a permit to operate from the Environment Agency. Final modifications are currently being sought.