DEVELOPERS of a £200 million waste centre have invited North Yorkshire residents to an exhibition to learn more about the scheme.

The proposed Allerton Waste Recovery Park could help reduce the country’s landfill by up to 90 per cent, but it has drawn criticism from the public since plans were announced earlier this year.

Bill Jarvis, project director of the park, said the plant could cut millions of pounds from the council’s waste management bills.

“The new facility will take leftover household rubbish from across York and North Yorkshire and do something useful with it rather than burying it in landfill.

“The exhibition in York will explain the different elements of the waste recovery park, including how it will support local recycling targets and help to cut £320million from North Yorkshire County Council and City of York Council’s waste management bill over the next 25 years.”

About half the waste created by York residents currently goes to landfill, with the rest left at the kerb to be recycled, but developers said the proposed Allerton plant would increase recycling, help create renewable energy, and reduce the country’s landfill.

The exhibition will stop at the following sites:

• Friday, October 22, Ryedale Indoor Bowls, Norton, 9am to 6pm.

• Saturday, October 23, Kings Manor, York, 9am to 5.30pm.

• Thursday, November 11, Selby Town Hall, 9am to 5.30pm.