February has brought a landmark moment for the Rivenhall Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF) and Energy Centre. After years of planning, consultation, public examination and technical assessment, the project has officially been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net...
As we settle into 2025, we hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a very happy New Year. Now the festivities are over, it’s the perfect moment to reflect on what has been a busy and rewarding period for the Rivenhall IWMF team. December and...
As 2024 draws toward its close, the Rivenhall IWMF has continued to make strong progress both on site and within the wider community. October and November have been exceptionally positive months, marked by a major technical milestone, powerful partnerships, and team-building initiatives that highlight the...
Our battle with recycling is ongoing and finding solutions to increasing waste levels that can be converted into recycling rather than being disposed of in landfill, is the main target. With China’s plastic ban and the limited recycling and treatment capacity for plastics, the European...
January 2019 What are we contacting you about? In our last public briefing note (October 2018) we informed you that we had received an application from Gent Fairhead & Co. Ltd (‘the company’) requesting a variation to the company's environmental permit for the Rivenhall Integrated Waste Management...
"Our role at the Environment Agency is to protect and enhance the environment. We would not permit any operation that we know would cause harm to the environment or people’s health. We assess permit applications (including variations) thoroughly to make sure that all aspects that...
Today Gent Fairhead, owners of the Rivenhall Airfield site, have made an application to the Environment Agency seeking a variation to its existing Environmental Permit. Gent Fairhead’s application proposes to implement an advanced form of the emission abatement technologies; along with tighter operational controls that...