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Red Campion in flower here in #Rivenhall on 29th December - not going to last as frosts are forecast - but to date its been a very mild winter.
December 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Burning rubbish now UK’s dirtiest form of power, BBC finds, but Essex County Council triumphantly sends all its 350,000 tonnes of residual black bin waste per year to the new Rivenhall Airfield waste incinerator near Braintree and Witham in Essex 🧵 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Burning household rubbish now UK’s dirtiest form of power, BBC finds - BBC News
Nearly half of waste is now burned for energy, but BBC analysis finds it is as dirty as coal.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Rivenhall incinerator to be investigated after complaint

https://www.newsbeep.com/au/27288/

Lewis Adams BBC News, Essex Paul Adams The first truckload of waste was delivered to the incinerator on…
Rivenhall incinerator to be investigated after complaint - Australia News Beep
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July 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The first daffs are out in #Rivenhall in the usual spot along Church Rd - but even earlier than usual this year.
January 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
But redevelopment completed in 2022 so he would have bought the plot for significantly less www.architectsav.co.uk/rivenhall
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March 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I am the Green Party county councillor for the Braintree Eastern division at Essex County Council and one of the two district councillors for the Kelvedon and Feering ward at Braintree District Council. The Rivenhall waste incinerator is located in my electoral county division and district ward
December 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Europe’s largest low-carbon greenhouse breaks ground in Essex

A groundbreaking 40-hectare low-carbon greenhouse complex is set to open in Essex by 2027, representing a significant advancement in sustainable food production for the UK. Supported by waste management firm ( the Rivenhall site will…
Europe’s largest low-carbon greenhouse breaks ground in Essex
A groundbreaking 40-hectare low-carbon greenhouse complex is set to open in Essex by 2027, representing a significant advancement in sustainable food production for the UK. Supported by waste management firm ( the Rivenhall site will become Europe's largest facility of its kind. The innovative project will utilise heat generated from incinerated household waste to cultivate tomatoes. Gareth Jones of Indaver explained, “The boiler produces steam, and some of that steam we’ll divert to our new heat exchanger to create hot water for the greenhouses.
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June 3, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The proposed Rivenhall greenhouses could burn all household waste but the project must prove its low-carbon credentials to be more than just hot air.
Why burning waste to power a giant greenhouse really could be a greener way of growing food
The proposed Rivenhall greenhouses could burn all household waste but the project must prove its low-carbon credentials to be more than just hot air.
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June 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The first daffs are out in #Rivenhall in the usual spot along Church Rd - but even earlier than usual this year.
January 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
BBC Essex coverage of waste and recycling issues in #Braintree District with a public consultation due to start in January.

And Green cllrs @wandbgreenparty.bsky.social continue to raise concerns about impact of #Rivenhall waste incinerator now under construction :

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Braintree shoppers react to reduced bin collection proposal
Braintree District Council will consider moving general waste collections to every three weeks.
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December 12, 2024 at 7:26 PM
A chilly, but sunny morning. No warmth in the sun as the walk took us through the park, along Temple Lane and out of the village. The walk went along John Ray's path towards Whitehead Farm. Following the path through Rivenhall Thicks continued past Rivenhall Place and back to Western Lane.
January 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
All of Essex's general waste now being taken to Rivenhall incinerator plant

#Maldon #Essex

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All of Essex's general waste now being taken to Rivenhall incinerator plant
Instead of being taken to landfill, all of Essex’s general waste is taken to the Energy from Waste facility in Rivenhall.
www.maldonandburnhamstandard.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A positive move for waste disposal (in terms of air quality and greenhouse gas emissions), but where to put the landfills..?

BBC News - Rivenhall incinerator waste tax could cost more than landfill - BBC News
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Rivenhall incinerator waste tax could cost more than landfill
Essex County Council says it is prepared for the increased costs the government may impose.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The Rivenhall site in Essex should begin operating in 2027, when almost all the county's household rubbish will be burnt in an incinerator that will help power the site itself. news.sky.com/story/essex-...
Essex set to be the home of Europe's largest low-carbon horticulture site
The Rivenhall site in Essex should begin operating in 2027, when almost all the county's household rubbish will be burnt in an incinerator that will help power the site itself.
news.sky.com
June 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Essex set to be the home of Europe’s largest low-carbon horticulture site

Essex set to be the home of Europe's largest low-carbon horticulture site The Rivenhall site in Essex should begin operating in 2027, when almost all the county's household rubbish will be burnt in an incinerator that will…
Essex set to be the home of Europe’s largest low-carbon horticulture site
Essex set to be the home of Europe's largest low-carbon horticulture site The Rivenhall site in Essex should begin operating in 2027, when almost all the county's household rubbish will be burnt in an incinerator that will help power the site itself.
www.nowworldview.com
June 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Happy New Year from Rivenhall Oaks Golf Centre Celebrations

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January 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
The lowest Full Moon until the 2040s can be seen tonight. Details here from #Rivenhall Observatory :

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Rivenhall Observatory
The Full Moon tonight (10th/11th June) will be the lowest of the year, as is the case for every Full Moon nearest the Summer Solstice. However, this one is unusually low. The Moon will not get above....
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June 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
#Rivenhall incinerator saga rumbles on.
Its NOT an "integrated site"; NO #recycling processing in planning consent has been built.
Its NOT "combined heat & power".
Essex CC, which has contract with site, MISLEADS saying their waste has had all recycling taken out.
www.essexlive.news/news/essex-n...
Locals left worried after 'visible discharge' approved for waste incinerator
People are worried the decision is leading to the 'industrialisation of the Essex countryside'
www.essexlive.news
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Indaver has been incinerating black bin waste at a facility in Rivenhall, Essex, is seeking to amend its planning permission to allow visible steam plumes to be emitted from its chimney stack.

Via BBC News
New Essex incinerator wants to change rules to allow smoke plume
Local people claim they have already seen a plume coming from a new plant.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 6:51 AM
BBC News - RAF Rivenhall event remembers 'forgotten' WW2 airborne operation - BBC News
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RAF Rivenhall event remembers 'forgotten' WW2 airborne operation
Some of the men who were there look back nearly 80 years to the largest single airborne operation.
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March 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
#Essex #Highways spent a lot of public money cleaning out gulleys and resurfacing the road at the Oak Road #Rivenhall railway bridge - and we were told the flooding issue had been solved.

But the flooding is back and so are the potholes.
January 28, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Some good news about Henry, 300 year-old Oak tree in #Rivenhall
National Grid now agrees Henry will not to be harmed by their pylons plan & they agree it is being recorded in their plans as a veteran tree.
Thank you to everyone who signed our petition.

www.change.org/p/save-henry...
October 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A Winter Solstice walk Eagle Pond to Lea Bridge this Saturday 21st December, 1.30pm from Snaresbrook Road opposite Rivenhall Gardens (near W12 bus stop SM), or 3.30pm (approx time) from Leyton Green near bus garage. Mud at start, rest firm surfaces. No charge, no need to book.
December 18, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Latest Rivenhall incinerator plume plot, 16:50 10/02/25 #Faulkbourne #Terling #FlacksGreen plumeplotter.com/rivenhall/
February 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM