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Fired Up to Recycle

Leeds City Council signs a contract with Veolia to build a new incinerator, which will provide savings of £200m over the next 25 years. Up to 214,000t tonnes of waste a year will be sorted at the facility on the Cross Green industrial estate, and leftover waste will be burned to generate electricity.

Leeds City Council has signed a contract with Veolia to build a new incinerator, which will save the local authority £200m over the next 25 years.

Up to 214,000t tonnes of waste a year will be sorted at the facility on the Cross Green industrial estate, and leftover waste will be burned to generate electricity.

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