Controversial plans for a huge £150m waste-to-energy plant in Oldham could be off the table in their current form. Back in January bosses were expecting formal proposals to be submitted for a new energy recovery facility on Mossdown Road in Royton, but they are yet to be lodged.
Councillors – including town hall leader Arooj Shah – and the area’s MP had opposed the plans, warning the building would be as tall as ’12 double-decker buses’. READ MORE:Racist who abused neighbours for years, called them 'scum' and threatened to attack their children spared jail The proposed incinerator, which would have dealt with non-recyclable commercial waste, was intended to transform the energy from burning rubbish into electricity for the national grid.
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