The centre, which has never been in use, has already cost taxpayers £34.5m to maintain
The project was mothballed in 2019 after a waste management contract between the authorities and Resource Recovery Solutions - which had been commissioned to design, build and operate the facility - came to an end.Campaigners lined the steps of Derby's Council House calling for the plant to be demolished
"The community suffered massive fly issues when there was some testing taking place at the facility - when volumes of waste were going in," he said."It's not rocket science to know it's potentially come from this site. Both Derby City Council and Derbyshire County Council share responsibility for it, and contracted a firm called Resource Recovery Solutions to manage it.
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