Learn from the experience of Newcastle's Byker incinerator

Byker Incinerator (East Newcastle): Campaign against energy from waste
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Washington residents need to learn from Newcastle's Byker incinerator.
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Washington 'monster incinerator' plan turned down see www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...
Plans for Washington 'incinerator' rejected after crunch meeting at Stadium of Light in Sunderland see www.sunderlandecho.com/news/p...
Washington 'monster incinerator' gasification plant plans set for approval by Sunderland City Council at Stadium of Light meeting. Plans for a controversial power plant in Washington could be given the go-ahead next week, despite thousands of objections. see www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/...
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Food safety: incinerator ash spread on allotments in Newcastle see the video on the former Byker incinerator also known as an Energy from Waste plant.
A presentation on the contamination of allotments in Newcastle upon Tyne, in Northern England. The dioxin and heavy metal contamination was caused by the deposition of toxic ash, from the city's Byker incinerator, in the 1990's. The incinerator has now closed. See sites.google.com/site/foodsaf...
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Incinerator bottom ash (IBA) is a form of ash produced in incineration facilities. This material is discharged from the moving grate of municipal solid waste incinerators. Following combustion the ash typically has a small amount of ferrous metals contained within it. This ash can be processed to standardise the material and remove contaminants in order for it to be used as an aggregate. Following processing the material can be termed IBA aggregate or processed IBA. The aggregate uses for the material include:
Bulk fill
Asphalt
Cement bound materials
Lightweight blocks
Pavement concrete
Alternatively if there are no local markets for the IBA the material is typically disposed of in a landfill.
Risks
If IBA is used as the aggregate in foam concrete in non-ventilated areas, hydrogen gas deposits may build up during the lifespan of the material and explode when brought into contact with sources of ignition, such as during cutting with grinding equipment. Suspicion of this has resulted in its use being banned by at least two firms in the US and brought about further investigation by the Health and Safety Executive.
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Byker is an inner city electoral ward in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It is in the east of the city, south of the Heaton area and north of St Peter's. Byker Metro station serves the area. The area also contains the Byker Wall estate. The population of the ward is 11,339, increasing to 12,206 at the 2011 Census, which is 4.4% of the city's total. Car ownership stands at 35.4%, much lower than the city average of 54.7%.
Until the 1960s, Byker was a Victorian working-class area of densely built terraces. Much of the housing needed major repair and some was considered unfit for human habitation (many houses lacked bathrooms), yet most residents wanted to stay in Byker, an area close to industry on the riverside. In 1966 Newcastle City Corporation took the decision to redevelop the Byker area. The council aimed to clear the slums but keep the community.
Byker was extensively photographed before its demolition, primarily by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, who lived in Byker from 1969. The photographs that Konttinen took toured China in 1980 and later appeared in the book Byker.
Ralph Erskine was appointed as the architect in 1969 for the new Byker. The development was run as a "rolling programme" so local people could continue living in the area during the building work. Residents were involved in the design process and it is thought the outstanding success of Byker was as much to do with this as its innovative architecture which used a very different style to the brutalist approach which was more common at the time.

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For information on incinerator ash spread on allotments in Newcastle then see sites.google.com/site/foodsafetypolicy/byker-ash