Waste incineration: EIRs request

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Freedom of Information request
Our reference: 12232977

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Dear Lucas Amin
 
Environmental Information Regulations 2004
 
Thank you for your request for information to Brighton & Hove City Council
('the council') that was received on 7 December 2022. Your Information
Request has been logged as;
 
This is an EIRs request about incinerated waste.

For each of the five most recent years for which you hold full data
(whether calendar of financial years), please state: 

1. How many tonnes of residual waste was sent for incineration? Please
provide a breakdown for household and non-household residual waste. 

2. What were the total greenhouse gas emissions associated with
incinerating residual waste, including all GHG emissions from the
incinerator itself? Please provide a breakdown for emissions generated by
household and non-household residual waste. Please further specificy, how
much of this was (household and non-household) residual waste was of a)
fossil and b) non-fossil origin. 

3. Please state whether the incinerator which you send waste to is fitted
with Air Pollution Control Residue (APCr) filters. And if so, please state
how many tonnes of APCrs were removed. 

4. For each of the questions above, please also state whether the figures
you provide in response to each specific question were obtained by direct
measurements taken at the incinerator/EfF plant or through other means
(please indicate what method was used)

5. Please provide me with an electronic copy of the council's most recent
waste composition analysis of residual waste.

6. Please provide me with an electronic copy of the Council's most recent
waste composition analysis of material rejected from Materials Recovery
Facilities (MRFs), including both loads rejected prior to entering the MRF
and material rejected at the MRF (e.g. material collected for recycling
which is subsequently sent to an incinerator or Energy from Waste plant)."
 
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Freedom of Information request
Our reference: 12232977

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Dear Lucas Amin
 
We are considering your request of 7 December 2022 under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. 
 
We're sorry, we need more time to consider and respond to your request due
to needing to consult with third parties as part of responding to your
request.
 
We now aim to respond to you by 7 February 2023. This new date exceeds the
20 working day statutory time limit. We thank you for your patience and
apologise for any inconvenience this extension causes you.
 
Please include your case reference 12232977 on all correspondence in
relation to this request.
 
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Yours sincerely
 
 
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Freedom of Information request
Our reference: 12232977

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Dear Lucas Amin
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 7 December 2022.
 
Please find attached our response to your request. We apologise for the
length of time it has taken us to respond to you. 
 
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Yours sincerely
 
 
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