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Permalink Reply by John on September 30, 2013 at 18:14

It is by no means clear that Edmonton has the capacity, and what residents nearby think of a major expansion there.

In theory though, dustcarts from the boroughs will either go directly to Edmonton, or to "concentration" sites, where the loads from several dustcarts are compacted, and put on to bigger lorries, which then head for Edmonton.

There is already one such site, further south in Islington.

Possibly Brent Cross will be converted to that arrangement, instead of having its rubbish loaded on to trains for landfill. Those lorries will run on the North Circular and Pinkham Way.

It seems possible that Pinkham Way could well be another, depending on exactly what assurance about the site has been given. (Do they say "no residual waste processing"? What about "waste transfer"?) But Pinkham Way may be too close to Edmonton to make transfer into larger lorries worthwhile.

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Permalink Reply by Laura Davenport on September 30, 2013 at 18:40

Very informative, thanks.

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