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Title: Assessing the perception and reality of arguments against thermal waste treatment plants in terms of property prices

Abstract

Highlights: • Previous research studies have shown that EfW facilities negatively impact the local house prices. • In this study property prices surrounding 3 operational EfW plants were analysed. • No significant negative effect on property prices due to an incinerator was found. - Abstract: 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 7 years, was selected and property sales data, within 5 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 5 km from the site. The local property sale prices, normalised against the local house price index, were compared in twomore » 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 5 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.« less

Authors:
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Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22304607
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Waste Management
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 34; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0956-053X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTER CODES; COST; HOUSES; INCINERATORS; NOISE; PRICES; PROPERTY VALUES; REVIEWS; SALES; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTE PROCESSING PLANTS; WASTES

Citation Formats

Phillips, K. J.O., Longhurst, P. J., and Wagland, S.T., E-mail: s.t.wagland@cranfield.ac.uk. Assessing the perception and reality of arguments against thermal waste treatment plants in terms of property prices. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1016/J.WASMAN.2013.08.018.
Phillips, K. J.O., Longhurst, P. J., & Wagland, S.T., E-mail: s.t.wagland@cranfield.ac.uk. Assessing the perception and reality of arguments against thermal waste treatment plants in terms of property prices. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.WASMAN.2013.08.018
Phillips, K. J.O., Longhurst, P. J., and Wagland, S.T., E-mail: s.t.wagland@cranfield.ac.uk. 2014. "Assessing the perception and reality of arguments against thermal waste treatment plants in terms of property prices". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.WASMAN.2013.08.018.
@article{osti_22304607,
title = {Assessing the perception and reality of arguments against thermal waste treatment plants in terms of property prices},
author = {Phillips, K. J.O. and Longhurst, P. J. and Wagland, S.T., E-mail: s.t.wagland@cranfield.ac.uk},
abstractNote = {Highlights: • Previous research studies have shown that EfW facilities negatively impact the local house prices. • In this study property prices surrounding 3 operational EfW plants were analysed. • No significant negative effect on property prices due to an incinerator was found. - Abstract: 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 7 years, was selected and property sales data, within 5 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 5 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 5 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.},
doi = {10.1016/J.WASMAN.2013.08.018},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22304607}, journal = {Waste Management},
issn = {0956-053X},
number = 1,
volume = 34,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Wed Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}