A major new scheme to convert Bucks’ household waste into electricity has passed another milestone with the completion of a multi-million pound waste transfer station in High Wycombe.

It is estimated the waste collected at the new High Heavens station at Booker, will contribute to saving taxpayers more than £150m over the 30-year contract.

Non-recyclable household waste will be transferred in bulk to an incinerator at Greatmoor in the north of Bucks, which is due to open next year.

There, it will be used to generate enough energy to power the equivalent of 36,000 homes – the size of the entire Chiltern district – and will employ seven full-time staff.

The project forms part of waste-management company FCC Environment’s 30 year waste treatment contract with Buckinghamshire County Council (BCC).

Warren Whyte, Council Cabinet Member for Planning and Environment at BCC, said: “The opening of High Heavens WTS is a significant step in our journey to reduce Buckinghamshire’s reliance on landfill and will help us to deliver significant economic and environmental benefits to tax payers.”

FCC Environment say all waste loading and unloading operations at High Heavens WTS will take place inside the building, meaning that no noise impact is expected, and added that the station has been designed to prevent dust and odours escaping.

The operators also claim that the bulking of waste allow greater volumes to be transported at once, reducing the overall traffic movements around the High Heavens site.

Steve Brown, director at FCC Environment, said: “High Heavens will manage Buckinghamshire’s household waste as well as waste from the household waste recycling centre (HWRC).

“Waste received at High Heavens will be bulked for transportation to Greatmoor EfW facility to produce energy.”