For the third episode of the fifth series, the Burning Issue talks to Micheal Geary, commercial and business development director at Indaver Ireland and UK, about progress on the company's new Rivenhall Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF) in Essex.

This episode discusses:

• How work is progressing on the Rivenhall plant
• Some of the challenges faced during the project and how they have been overcome
• Partnerships with other businesses including the use of electricity, heat and CO2 produced by the energy-from-waste to grow fresh produce adjacent to the site
• The long-term goals for Rivenhall in terms of contributing to the circular economy and decarbonisation

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For the second episode of the fifth series, the Burning Issue talks to Andy Bedford, low carbon development director at Encyclis, about the development of the UK's first full scale carbon capture facility for the energy-from-waste (EfW) sector.

This episode discusses:

• Andy's role in leading the Protos carbon capture project and the story behind the development
• The challenges faced and how they were overcome
• How carbon capture works alongside an EfW facility
• What does Protos mean for the potential future roll-out of carbon capture in the Encyclis fleet and the wider UK EfW sector
• Scepticism about achieving commercial-scale carbon capture deployment in the UK EfW sector

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For the first episode of the fifth series, the Burning Issue talks to Enfinium’s Mike Maudsley on his role as chair of Resource Recovery UK and on how Enfinium is taking major steps forward in delivering homegrown energy and decarbonisation powered by waste.

This episode discusses:

• How industry alliance Resource Recovery UK (RRUK) is advocating on behalf of the energy-from-waste (EfW) sector to promote its role in the pathway to green growth, net zero and a circular economy.
• What’s been keeping Mike busy since he took over as RRUK chair from Owen Michaelson in March this year
• Current areas of focus for the alliance and the challenges ahead.
• Enfinium’s newly opened Skelton Grange EfW facility and progress so far
• Carbon capture plans
• How work is going on Enfinium’s under-construction Kelvin EfW plant

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