COMMUNITY members are being sought for a Lostock Gralam waste plant liaison committee.

Ørsted is seeking volunteers to help gather residents' feedback and opinions on its new Renescience Northwich, and distribute information back into the community.

The committee, which was formed in 2016, is a group of residents, businesses and councillors from the Northwich area, set up to ensure neighbours are kept informed of activities on the site.

A vacancy has become available on the committee, which meets around five times per year, and the group is now looking for a replacement.

Dave Keelan, plant manager at Ørsted Renescience Northwich, said: “Our local liaison committee has proven a successful way of sharing information and answering questions from the local community.

"At Ørsted we are committed to maintaining regular communication with residents and businesses, answering questions, listening and keeping people informed of progress.

“We know there is a great deal of interest in Renescience Northwich and the technology involved - we hope that people are keen to join the committee and take an active role.”

Places on the committee are limited and those interested in joining are asked to email northwich@orsted.co.uk or write to Ørsted, c/o Coast Communications, Unit 5, Briston Orchard, St Mellion, Saltash, PL12 6RQ, explaining why they are interested in joining the committee and which organisation or group they will be representing if applicable.

The deadline for responses is Monday, May 6.

Based at Lostock Works, the Northwich Renescience Plant is a new waste treatment facility, which turns household waste into green energy.

The plant uses Ørsted’s patented Renescience technology and is the first full-scale bio plant in the world capable of processing household waste through enzymes, mechanical sorting and anaerobic digestion.

Construction work on the Renescience plant is continuing whilst extension works take place.

It is anticipated this will be complete in the summer and the plant will then continue to operate on real waste.