Action to Reduce and Recycle Our Waste (ARROW) [Lancashire]: April 2008 Update

ARROW has been running since December 1995. ARROW’s original aim was to stop a 3 million tonne landfill site, at Round O Quarry in West Lancashire from opening. When that campaign was successful in 2000 after 3 public enquiries and a court case, Lancs County Council opted for incineration. We managed to dissuade them from building an incinerator, through negative press and TV coverage, so they decided to go for refuse derived fuel. The planning application for the RDF plant was successful, but the company withdrew. Lancashire County Council is now going for vast and unnecessary amounts of MBT, which will damage genuine recycling. They still include incineration in their waste strategies and development framework plans. We are hoping to persuade them to abandon incineration as a fall back and adopt Resource Recovery Parks for industrial waste. We have been invited to appear at the Examination in Public (EIP) on the Lancashire Minerals and Waste Development Framework (on 29th and 30th May). Contacts: Nicola Escott and Del Ellis.