GIANT INCINERATOR RUBBISHED

A timely warning from Wales.

Meanwhile, Veolia's application for an incinerator at Battlefield is expected to be submitted in 'Mid January' and SITA's application for the Granville incinerator is already in. Keep watching this site and the local media for more details and for help with objecting. People who want to object to the Granville incinerator should look at: http://www.nogranville.blogspot.com/ as a matter of urgency.

It is vital that members of the public object to incineration. If the people responsible for our health and well-being get away with building the incinerators at Battlefield and Granville, we will be paying the price for decades to come with our health and pockets.

Don't believe the hype: incinerators are not safe, clean or the only alternative to landfill. They can be stopped. Read our site, follow the links for more information. Get informed and HELP STOP INCINERATION IN SHROPSHIRE!
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http://www.newswales.co.uk/?section=Environment&F=1&id=15783

Cardiff giant incinerator rubbished 10/12/2008

A hugely over-sized and polluting waste incinerator plant could be coming to Cardiff if plans submitted to the City Council are given the go-ahead, says the environmental campaigning organization Cardiff Friends of the Earth.

The council received the planning application from waste management company Viridor on November 27 for an incinerator in Trident Park, Cardiff Bay.The timing of the application means that any objections have to be submitted to the planning department by Christmas Eve for a decision early in the New Year.

Heather Webber of Cardiff Friends of the Earth said: "Hauling huge amounts of rubbish around the country to be burnt is not a sensible, or sustainable, waste solution."This incinerator is massively over-sized, and would release dangerous emissions and increase congestion and pollution in Wales' capital city."If this incinerator is given the go-ahead, there will be more than 250 large lorries rumbling through Cardiff every day - feeding the incinerator's demands for a third of a million tonnes of rubbish a year."

Incineration is supposed to be the answer to keeping waste out of landfill, but for the environment, burning rubbish is worse than burying it."There are other, sustainable solutions available - incineration on this scale is absolutely not necessary, will hit recycling rates, and won't be able to adapt to the changing demands of the future."

The timing of the submission in the busy run-up to Christmas would appear to be a cynical move by Viridor to avoid public objection."If we don't want Cardiff to become the waste capital of Wales, residents urgently need to contact the planning department with their concerns."