The site would be built at Deeside Industrial Estate

AD Waste revealed the site - which could be ready in three years - would also be able to carry out recycling.

Plants to extract fuel and generate electricity from the waste and a store for contaminated steelworks rubbish are also part of the long-term plans.

Proposals to build a �25m waste incinerator at the Wrexham Industrial Estate met fierce local resistance during a long-running campaign, before they were rejected by the council.

The incinerator proposal is now to go before a public inquiry being staged by the Welsh Assembly in June.

It has good road access, is far from housing and it is also a brownfield site which would be developed Kevin Gardiner, AD Waste Ltd

The planned landfill site on Deeside, which will cater for the whole of north east Wales, will replace two other sites run by AD Waste in Buckley.

The company said the site was needed because its existing bases would both be shutting in the next three years.

"They are closing because they are full and they don't meet the recycling targets set by the Welsh Assembly," said Operations Manager Kevin Gardiner.

Roberta Owen, from Friends of the Earth, said that she was keen to hear more details about the plans.

"I am interested to find out about the recycling that will go on - there are lots of different types," she said.

"Friends of the Earth has a zero waste policy - we back recycling in principle, but we are keen to stop people creating so much waste in the first place," she added.

Developing technologies

Mr Gardiner predicted the new landfill site would last for 22 years, although the recycling part of it would be permanent.

"As the capacity for recycling increases, the emphasis on landfill will decrease," he added.

He also said that reaction to the plans during an public session on Thursday morning was "very positive".

"It has good road access, is far from housing and it is also a brownfield site which would be developed," he said.

"Subject to planning, the recycling facility and landfill site could be ready in three years.

"Following on as new technologies develop, we will look at waste-derived fuel plant and recovering energy from the waste," he added.

Mr Gardiner added that the firm had never considered building an incinerator at the site.

Flintshire County Council confirmed the planning application had been recieved, and a spokeswoman said it would be processed in the usual way.