The Alliance Party's Tom Ekin originally proposed the land be released for the two types of waste plants on offer - an incinerator known as Energy from Waste (EFW), or a Mechanical Biological Treatment
Men's.Walk In Black works, which sorts and prepares waste for processing. But it was an amendment from Sinn Fein Councillor Michael Browne, which stipulated that only an
Women's MBT Changa sit should be considered for the land, eventually passed.