Reports emerging from Merseyside paint a confusing picture.
Letsrecycle is reporting that:
Mersey Green Solution plans to develop, finance and operate infrastructure to treat and recover energy from a range of municipal and commercial wastes while PFI contracts in the region face delays. In particular, the venture plans to build two plants on either side of the Mersey, which will be able to handle a total of 600,000 tonnes of waste a year by 2010.
Meanwhile The Liverpool Daily Post is reporting:
The preferred sites of two giant waste incinerators for Merseyside have been identified…The announcement has caused alarm among councillors, with one labelling the policy statement as ‘ridiculous and flawed’.
Cllr Berni Turner, Liverpool’s executive member for the environment, is quoted as saying:
Liverpool City Council as a whole – Liberal Democrat, Labour, Green and Liberal – have said no to incineration, so where does that leave them?
Cllr Ron Round, leader of Knowsley Council and chair of the city-region’s super cabinet, added:
The statement by MWDA is unhelpful at this time because all sites across Merseyside are being considered in great detail through an agreed process. We are nowhere near the point of identifying suitable sites and therefore the MWDA statement is ridiculous and flawed at this stage. It would be helpful if they (MWDA) consulted with the Liverpool City Region districts before making comments like this.
F.o.e.will be invted to a meeting with residents and all sides in the tesco / everton application with the intent of fighting the planing applications of the incinerators it looks like there will be a huge opposition ,
I will keep all intrested parties updated .