Local residents and NAIL (Nottingham Against Incineration & Landfill) have been fighting plans to expand Nottingham’s Eastcroft incinerator for over 4 years now.
Democracy has been given a severe blow today when the government over ruled Nottingham City Council and given the green light (or not so green) for Waste Recycling Group’s Planning Application to expand the facility and pollute our environment with more toxic substances and global warming gases.
The government has given the go ahead suggesting that the third incinerator will help fight climate change. This will help fight climate change no more than building a third runway at Heathrow. This throws the governments Climate Change Policy into complete nonsense.
Democracy has been given a severe blow today when the government over ruled Nottingham City Council and given the green light (or not so green) for Waste Recycling Group’s Planning Application to expand the facility and pollute our environment with more toxic substances and global warming gases.
The government has given the go ahead suggesting that the third incinerator will help fight climate change. This will help fight climate change no more than building a third runway at Heathrow. This throws the governments Climate Change Policy into complete nonsense.
Waste Recycling Group, owners of Nottingham’s Eastcroft incinerator originally applied to incinerate an additional 150,000 tonnes (250,000 tonnes total) of waste a year by building a third line in Nottingham City Centre.
The existing incinerators in Nottingham regularly breach licensed emission levels and they have received many warning by the Regulator, the Environment Agency, yet they allow them to continue to risk the health of the residents and pubic.
Despite the fact that the plant burns waste that we should be recycled, it emits huge amounts of toxic substances, global warming gasses and breaches its emissions licence, the Government has given it the go ahead. This says volumes for the Governments attitude to big business and Joe public.
This is a very sad day for the residents of Nottingham, a sad day for democracy and a sad day for our environment.
The existing incinerators in Nottingham regularly breach licensed emission levels and they have received many warning by the Regulator, the Environment Agency, yet they allow them to continue to risk the health of the residents and pubic.
Despite the fact that the plant burns waste that we should be recycled, it emits huge amounts of toxic substances, global warming gasses and breaches its emissions licence, the Government has given it the go ahead. This says volumes for the Governments attitude to big business and Joe public.
This is a very sad day for the residents of Nottingham, a sad day for democracy and a sad day for our environment.
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Good campaign anyway,We need to keep monitoring, breaches of incinerators often
13.02.2009 13:19
Good people of nottingham please vote green or for any candidate against this incinerator & for real democracy in the upcoming elections, especially euro elections june then MP elections whenever they are. This is a bad day, but well done to the mighty Beresfords& the people who supported the campaign.
Green Syndicalist
Respect to NAIL for tenacity and professionalism
13.02.2009 13:59
st anns resident
Just to clarify, a bucket of soil to your waste bin every wk is not illegal&
13.02.2009 14:16
Green Syndicalist
A very sad day
13.02.2009 18:10
NAIL supporter
Don't take it lying down
14.02.2009 19:44
Recycler
surely not.
20.02.2009 15:41
Don't give in NAIL.. expansion was scuppered so long, thanks for the cleaner air today
breather