| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6355053 | Waste Management | 2014 | 7 Pages |
â¢Previous research studies have shown that EfW facilities negatively impact the local house prices.â¢In this study property prices surrounding 3 operational EfW plants were analysed.â¢No significant negative effect on property prices due to an incinerator was found.
The thermal processing of waste materials, although considered to be an essential part of waste management, is often sharply contested in the UK. Arguments such as health, depletion of resources, cost, noise, odours, traffic movement and house prices are often cited as reasons against the development of such facilities. This study aims to review the arguments and identify any effect on property prices due to the public perception of the plant. A selection of existing energy from waste (EfW) facilities in the UK, operational for at least 7Â years, was selected and property sales data, within 5Â km of the sites, was acquired and analysed in detail. The locations of the properties were calculated in relation to the plant using GIS software (ArcGIS) and the distances split into 5 zones ranging from 0 to 5Â km from the site. The local property sale prices, normalised against the local house price index, were compared in two time periods, before and after the facility became operational, across each of the 5 zones. In all cases analysed no significant negative effect was observed on property prices at any distance within 5Â km from a modern operational incinerator. This indicated that the perceived negative effect of the thermal processing of waste on local property values is negligible.
