Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS) have produced a petition that is open to anyone.
GAINS points out that:
There are currently 3 large waste incineration plants in Scotland, with proposals for a further 16. Collectively they would burn upwards of 2 million tonnes of waste each year.
These facilities, and the mindset that supports them, are undermining recycling efforts, adding to global warming, destroying resources and polluting the air, land and water.Incineration recovers only a tenth of the energy used to make the products in our rubbish. It also wastes money, as it is the most expensive form of waste treatment by far.
Additionally, there are proposals for 5 very large biomass-powered generators. These would burn around 5 million tonnes of fuel annually, consisting mostly of imported virgin timber. As with waste incineration, this will produce large quantities of greenhouse gases and other pollutants.
With these concerns in mind, we call on the Scottish Government to ban waste incineration and large-scale biomass burning, and instead to invest much more in reducing, reusing and recycling.
Hi Shlomo,
Many thanks to you and UKwin for all your help.
We have until 20 December to gather signatures, to show our strength of feeling against incineration to the Scottish Parliament’s Petitions Committee. To all petition supporters, PLEASE GIVE THE PETITION LINK TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS – http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/green-alternatives-to-incineration-in-scotland/
best wishes,
Michael,
Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland
Michael, wish you all the best in your fight, we are well into ours with a long way still to go. Our site is http://satep.moonfruit.com and our petition is linked from there, or from below.
http://www.petition.co.uk/spelthorne-against-the-incinerator
Shlomo, as always, doing agreat job
regards
Chris
Any news about the Parliament visit on 11 Janauary? At present, wrestling with the Precognition for the Planning Appeal over the Shore Energy proposal. The proceedings begin on 15 February at the Hilton Strathclyde Hotel. Let’s hope that we win and keep this foul installation out of North Lanarkshire.