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Energy-from-waste (EfW) is a term describing the technologies used to recover energy in a carefully controlled and highly regulated combustion environment. To read the SITA UK position paper on EfW please click here.

Visit the SITA UK EfW pages for further information and to find out more about the EfW Process.

Surrey Waste Management submitted a planning application to build an energy-from-waste facility at the Clockhouse Quarry in Capel to help deal with household waste generated in Surrey. The planning application was approved by Surrey County Council's Planning and Regulatory Committee on 3 October 2008.

A planning application for a further energy-from-waste facility at land adjacent to Trumps Farm, Longcross, near Chertsey was submitted to Surrey County Council in July 2008. You can find out more about these applications by clicking on Capel and Trumps Farm.