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<p>DEFRA used publicly available data on waste disposal held by the Environment Agency
to confirm that the Lakeside energy from waste plant is not a strategic asset and
its loss would not affect the UK’s ability to meet environmental targets e.g. diversion
from landfill. Therefore there is neither a statutory nor a policy reason to mandate
replacement of the plant in the proposed Airports National Policy Statement.</p><p>
</p><p>The Lakeside energy from waste High Temperature Incinerator (HTI) mainly treats
clinical waste. In the South East and London Regions (which includes the Lakeside
facility) there are three HTIs (including Lakeside) with permitted capacity of 68kt.
However, in 2016 only 57kt of waste was treated in total at these facilities and 5kt
(or 9% of the total capacity) at Lakeside. The clinical waste burned at Lakeside does
not have to be dealt with by an HTI. There are six clinical waste plants in the South
East and London Regions (including Lakeside) therefore the loss of the clinical waste
tonnage at Lakeside could be met by other facilities.</p><p> </p>
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