The operator of a huge new recycling plant built without planning permission wants to increase the amount of waste it will process by 100,000 tonnes a year. The facility at the Shelford landfill site in Canterbury is not yet up and running as owner Valencia Waste Management has yet to secure the approval of Kent County Council (KCC) and a permit from the Environment Agency (EA). But as it awaits a decision on the plans, bosses have now submitted a bid to hike the volume of waste going through the plant annually by 66%, to a quarter-of-a-million tonnes. It comes amid much controversy over the a…
