South London’s rubbish revolution could mean new waste management centres on 20 hectares of land - with Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium joining the list of locations under consideration.

The five hectare Plough Lane site is among the latest venues to be considered for a new facility by the South London Waste Partnership (SLWP), a group of councils preparing to share responsibility for rubbish and recycling through a new waste plan.

The dog track was suggested by a Wimbledon resident but SLWP bosses, who last week predicted about 20 hectares of land would be needed for the project, said it scored poorly under the system it is using to rate possible locations.

However, a new public consultation on the dog track, and seven other potential sites in the SLWP member boroughs of Merton, Sutton, Kingston and Croydon, has now opened and will run until March 22.

The new sites, all suggested by residents, businesses or waste companies, join a long list drawn up by the SLWP last year.

The SLWP’s initial report on the dog track states: “From a planning perspective, there are obstacles to this site being used for waste management purposes. The site is at risk of flooding and would require considerable regeneration.”

The partnership is drawing up a plan that will set aside land across the boroughs for new recycling and waste facilities, in a bid to cut costs and damage to the environment by slashing the amount of rubbish sent to landfill. Last year 140 possible sites, including 28 preferred locations, were revealed. Publication of the waste plan, including the final chosen locations, is expected to take place in October.

Emma Smyth, the organisation’s waste planning project manager, said it was not yet known how many sites would be needed and exactly what facilities would be built on them - but promised to use green technology rather than old-fashioned incinerators.

Councillor William Brierly, Merton Council’s cabinet member for planning and traffic management, said: “It is important that we seek the views of residents and other interested parties to make sure that we have investigated all of the options fully – just like we did with the sites that scored poorly in the previous consultation stage.”

The SLWP is also inviting bids from waste companies to build and manage the new facilities, in a separate procurement operation set to finish in 2011.

To take part in the consultation visit southlondonwasteplan.limehouse.co.uk.