Archive for July 2008
Sheffield could become the “dustbin of South Yorkshire” if proposals to allow the city’s incinerator to burn waste from Barnsley, Doncaster and Chesterfield are approved. Sheffield Council’s contractor Veolia, which runs the city’s incinerator in Bernard Road, Hyde Park, has applied for planning permission to import 75,000 tonnes of extra waste a year from the neighbouring towns to make up for a ‘shortfall’ in household waste and operational problems encountered when Veolia tried burning too much commercial waste [see Did McDonald’s give Sheffield’s incinerator indigestion?]. Continue Reading “Sheffield to be the dustbin of South Yorkshire?” »
People concerned about the imminent threat of Climate Change will be seeking to whip up support in opposing the Newhaven incinerator plant by taking to the streets in a nine-day movement of people across the south coast towards the Climate Camp 2008 protest site. Continue Reading “‘Stop Incineration Now!’ joins Climate Camp via Southern Caravan To Kingsnorth” »
The Environment Agency (EA) is inviting comments on Veolia’s proposed Newhaven Incinerator permit application. The EA is planning to re-issue a Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) Permit to Veolia South Downs Ltd for its proposed incinerator at Newhaven. People have until 20th August to send their comments to the Environment Agency. The EA is obliged to consider all comments before making their decision. Continue Reading “Time to send Newhaven comments to the Environment Agency!” »
THE Ministry of Defence has been accused of a ‘speedy u-turn’ after withdrawing its objection to Cornwall’s planned incinerator. The MoD had opposed the plans because of the proposed 120m high chimney stack for the energy-from-waste plant at St Dennis. St Austell and Newquay parliamentary candidate Stephen Gilbert said today he had written to defence minister Des Browne for an explanation for the withdrawal of the objection. He said: “This is a bizarre and rather speedy u-turn from the MoD and, frankly, it seems a bit dodgy”. Continue Reading “MoD’s ’speedy u-turn’ over Cornwall incinerator objection” »
According to a BBC News report: “A group of protesters have occupied the site of a proposed incinerator in Newhaven, East Sussex”. The article continues: “Police said six people gained access to the land on Tuesday morning, and some climbed a crane.” UKWIN awaits further information about today’s protest and High Court ruling.
Indymedia UK, a network of individuals, independent and alternative media activists and organisations, “offering grassroots, non-corporate, non-commercial coverage of important social and political issues”, has also published a report on the latest developments. Their article, entitled Activists squat Newhaven incinerator site in protest explains that “Stop Incineration Now!” protesters are demonstrating “their fury now that construction [site clearance] on the highly controversial incinerator plant has begun”. Continue Reading “Incinerator objectors climb crane” »
From midnight 21st July visitors to the UK Without Incineration Network (UKWIN) website can use a new facility – a clickable map of the UK with existing and potential incinerator sites, and information about local campaign groups. The data, grouped by region, is also displayed in tables. If you can provide any further information or campaign updates, please do! Just send an e-mail message to the UKWIN National Network Coordinator, Shlomo Dowen.
The unsoundness of waste arising predictions used to justify waste (PFI) contracts and the funding of household waste incinerators is the subject of an item that aired on Channel 4’s Lunchtime News programme and was shown again as part of Channel 4’s 7 O’clock News. The programme is archived on the Channel 4 website.
Spanish-owned Waste Recycling Group (WRG) is expected to submit plans for a household waste incinerator at Sutton Courtenay to the Vale of White Horse District Council during the week commencing 21 July 2008. Oxfordshire County Council is in the process of procuring a contract for an incinerator capable of burning at least 300,000 tonnes of waste each year. A decision is due early next year as to which company will win the £100 – £200m contract, with WRG short-listed alongside Viridor. Continue Reading “Waste incinerator application to be submitted in Oxfordshire” »
Plans to build an incinerator in Newhaven, East Sussex, will be put under the legal spotlight on Monday (21 July 2008) after the High Court granted an urgent hearing for a case filed by Lewes District Friends of the Earth.
The local Friends of the Earth group has applied for a judicial review because the planning committee which considered the proposal for the incinerator ignored long term regional recycling targets. Judicial review is the court procedure used to challenge the lawfulness of public authority decisions. Continue Reading “Newhaven Incinerator Case Reaches High Court” »
A new website has just been launched by a campaign group in Coventry know as The ‘Coalition for Recycling and Against Coventry Incinerator’. Details of their campaign can be found at www.cracin.co.uk
