{"id":1060,"date":"2015-03-09T21:31:34","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T21:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eastlammermuircommunitycouncil.org.uk\/?page_id=1060"},"modified":"2024-03-22T19:12:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T19:12:30","slug":"viridor-landfill","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/viridor-landfill\/","title":{"rendered":"VALENCIA LANDFILL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valencia Waste Management (formerly Viridor Waste Management)\u00a0 operates the 193-acre landfill site approximately 4km south east of Dunbar. In addition to disposing of thousands of tons of solid domestic waste daily from Edinburgh and other nearby communities in a safe and environmental manner, Valencia uses two low-Btu gas generator sets to produce 3.5 MW of electricity from the methane created by decaying rubbish. All 3.5 MW is sold directly to the nearby Lafarge cement plant; and is connected by a 11kv transmission line.<\/p>\n<p>As paper and other organic materials decompose in landfills, a natural by-product of that decay is methane \u2014 one of the major flammable components of natural gas. While this natural release of methane is dilute, it is a powerful greenhouse gas that can contribute to global warming. Harnessing this gas to produce electricity protects the environment while generating valuable energy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Valencia Liaison Group Minutes (Energy Recovery Facility and Landfill Restoration)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eastlammermuircommunitycouncil.org.uk\/files\/2017\/10\/Dunbar-Community-Liaison-Minutes-June-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eastlammermuircommunitycouncil.org.uk\/files\/2024\/03\/Valencia-Landfill-Oxwellmains-Fire-Incident-Investigation-Report.pdf\">Report on August 2023 Fire Incident<\/a>\u00a0(obtained through an FOI request)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2YrcknGHcm\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/eastlammermuircommunitycouncil.org.uk\/viridor-incinerator\/\">VALENCIA INCINERATOR<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;VALENCIA INCINERATOR&#8221; &#8212; East Lammermuir Community Council &amp; East Lammermuir Community Benefit Trust\" src=\"https:\/\/eastlammermuircommunitycouncil.org.uk\/viridor-incinerator\/embed\/#?secret=4jG3rZugkO#?secret=2YrcknGHcm\" data-secret=\"2YrcknGHcm\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8R81Vv8MsG\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/eastlammermuircommunitycouncil.org.uk\/polymer-recycling-facility\/\">Polymer Recycling Facility<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Polymer Recycling Facility&#8221; &#8212; East Lammermuir Community Council &amp; East Lammermuir Community Benefit Trust\" src=\"https:\/\/eastlammermuircommunitycouncil.org.uk\/polymer-recycling-facility\/embed\/#?secret=6ImS71H8gn#?secret=8R81Vv8MsG\" data-secret=\"8R81Vv8MsG\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valencia Waste Management (formerly Viridor Waste Management)\u00a0 operates the 193-acre landfill site approximately 4km south east of Dunbar. In addition to disposing of thousands of tons of solid domestic waste daily from Edinburgh and other nearby communities in a safe and environmental manner, Valencia uses two low-Btu gas generator sets to produce 3.5 MW of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/viridor-landfill\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;VALENCIA LANDFILL&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":1105,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1060","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1060"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7864,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1060\/revisions\/7864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}