{"id":251048,"date":"2025-07-09T15:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/251048\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T15:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:08:10","slug":"aberdeens-incinerator-shut-and-waste-diverted-to-landfill-amid-row-between-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/251048\/","title":{"rendered":"Aberdeen&#8217;s incinerator shut and waste diverted to landfill amid row between operators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Aberdeen\u2019s incinerator is closed because of a conflict between its operators, with waste being diverted to landfill.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indaver, headquartered in the Netherlands, operates the facility for the three local authorities that use it \u2013 Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, and Moray \u2013 but is reconsidering its involvement with the project.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson from the Aberdeen City Council said: \u201cDue to an issue between EFW Ness Ltd and its operating sub-contractor, the Ness Energy from Waste facility is currently closed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWaste is being diverted to an alternative disposal facility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResidents should continue to put their bins out as normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a3150m facility can process 150,000 tonnes of waste a year from its three council areas.<\/p>\n<p>It opened formally last year, after lengthy delays.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Indaver said: \u201cIndaver can confirm that, due to ongoing issues the company is experiencing in relation to its operations at the Ness waste-to-energy facility in Aberdeen, Scotland, the company is reviewing its future involvement in the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe company will not be providing further comment at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s thought the facility could be one of the last incinerators built in Scotland after a temporary ban was placed on building and approving new sites by the Scottish Government in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not yet clear when the site will reopen to process non-recyclable waste.<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aberdeen\u2019s incinerator is closed because of a conflict between its operators, with waste being diverted to landfill. Indaver,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3843],"tags":[728,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-251048","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114823909260554227","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}