In 2000, the European Parliament passed the ‘Landfill Directive’ , a piece of legislation which set limits on the amount of biodegradable municipal waste that can be sent to landfill. As a response to this, Lancashire County Council and Blackpool Council required an alternative to landfill and after considering several options, approved the construction of two MBT waste processing facilities in Farington and Thornton. The project will see Lan

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