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Nottingham Incinerator Expansion APPROVED

Jon Beresford | 13.02.2009 11:38

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.

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.

Jon Beresford
e-mail: Mail@nail.uk.net
Homepage: http://www.nail.uk.net

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Good campaign anyway,We need to keep monitoring, breaches of incinerators often

13.02.2009 13:19

breaches of incinerators often happen at weekends when people add alot of green+wood waste & the lime filter system cant cope.As a part time industrial worker I suggest adding a bucket of soil every week to the waste if you can, to generally help lower the temperature+ dampened material. Man made Nanotech material,below PM10 like nanotubes that mimic asbestos& can travel thousands of miles are now being added by the tonne to household products unlabbelled. Anyone who works on the incinerators should be ashamed& needs to stop or do their best to change things from the inside, recycling & anaerobic digesters work & are better in all ways long term.
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

Im so sorry to hear this news, but I want to thank everyone for what was a magnificent effort. I was impressed by the sheer tenacity and professionalism of the NAIL campaigners that took on this fight on. You should hold your heads up high for standing up for something that was right.

st anns resident

Just to clarify, a bucket of soil to your waste bin every wk is not illegal&

13.02.2009 14:16

only a suggestion, any other discrete ideas, suggestions or safe action is welcomed.

Green Syndicalist

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I love it when a plan comes together

13.02.2009 14:41

sorry, I meant to say i think this kind of news is essential reading and empowering

Davey

A very sad day

13.02.2009 18:10

This is a very sad day for all those that fought these plans for nearly 7 years. I don't see any of those in government queuing up to live near an incinerator - in fact I bet non of them do. I also bet that none of the *****ers that came up with this decision actually had a tour of the incinerator. It is unbelieveable to see so much recyclable waste going up in flames on a daily basis. The paper and glass that goes into those furnaces is nothing short of criminal. The poisons that are spuing out of that dirty, outdated monstrosity are a disaster for Nottingham and to think that now there will be more. Eastcroft has shown time and time again that it can't work to emissions standards why give it the license to carry on regardless.

NAIL supporter

Don't take it lying down

14.02.2009 19:44

NAIL fought an excellent campaign - congratulations to all involved. This is terrible news. Let's not take it lying down. The new incinerator hasn't been built yet.

Recycler

surely not.

20.02.2009 15:41

This beggers belief. Are the folks who call the shots not cacking their pants too? Attention bigwigs; YOU CAN'T BREATHE MONEY! Absolutely crackers...
Don't give in NAIL.. expansion was scuppered so long, thanks for the cleaner air today

breather