Jobs promised with new Ipswich waste treatment plant plans

The new facility would use pyrolysis which creates energy from processing waste

Plans have been submitted for a new waste treatment plant that would produce electricity and create 18 jobs.

The so-called pyrolysis facility - which heats waste without burning or combustion - is earmarked for land at Bramford Lane, Ipswich.

Suffolk County Council has received proposals for the new hub which could process 24,000 tonnes of waste a year.

The facility could be created on three acres of brownfield land already approved for waste management.

The application statement by Hygreen Energy said no emissions would be produced during the heating process, however, one resident of a nearby village raised a question.

Commenting on the application, James Curtis, of Great Blakenham, wrote it "didn't seem possible - as all waste has bi-products".

This process, known as pyrolysis, produces electricity, hydrogen, and other materials such as carbon char, all of which have multiple uses.

The brownfield site has already been approved for a waste facility