Say No to Incineration! Sept 15th meeting on County Council's Waste Strategy
Andrew Wood (posted by richarddirecttv) | 14.09.2004 09:20 | Ecology | Oxford
PUBLIC MEETING at County Hall (note: not Oxford Town Hall) on New Road
in Oxford on Wednesday 15 September from 7 pm - 9 pm. Meeting called by
Oxfordshire County Council to hear your views!
Please come and say no to incineration of Oxfordshire's (and your)
rubbish and yes to waste reduction, re-use and recycling. The Council
says it's still open minded about its waste strategy so let's have a
say before it's too late.
in Oxford on Wednesday 15 September from 7 pm - 9 pm. Meeting called by
Oxfordshire County Council to hear your views!
Please come and say no to incineration of Oxfordshire's (and your)
rubbish and yes to waste reduction, re-use and recycling. The Council
says it's still open minded about its waste strategy so let's have a
say before it's too late.
Oxford Friends of the Earth, c/o 13 Princes Street, Oxford. OX4 1DD
Oxford residents demonstrate against Incineration of rubbish, Wednesday
15 September 2004
Photo-call Members of the public and Oxford Friends of the Earth will
gather at 6.50 pm on Wednesday 15 September at County Hall, New Road,
Oxford with placards saying ‘Zero Waste Strategy Now’ and ‘Oxfordshire
Against Incineration’ for the 7 pm meeting
Members of Oxford Friends and Oxford residents will attend Oxfordshire
County Council’s public waste strategy consultation on Wednesday 15
September starting at 7 pm at County Hall, New Road, Oxford.
Oxford Friends of the Earth are calling for the Council to: adopt a
zero waste strategy[1]; set high recycling and composting targets (50 per
cent by 2010 and 75 per cent by 2015); write a flexible strategy, to
allow progressive improvements in waste reduction, re-use, recycling
and composting – including municipal in-vessel composting. The Council
should reject incineration and if necessary consider the use of local,
small-scale mechanical-biological treatment (MBT) for residual waste,
with the residues from this process going to landfill – NOT for fuel
pellets or Refuse Derived Fuel as it’s known.
Andrew Wood, from Oxford Friends of the Earth said “Oxfordshire needs to adopt a Zero Waste Strategy - like other Councils – to reduce waste, promote reuse and maximise recycling. The County Council should reject burning Oxfordshire’s rubbish in an incinerator.
Incineration produces toxic pollution that potentially threatens human
health, it undermines recycling and it’s bad for climate change.”
He added
“Legislation for the treatment of waste is rapid changing including a
possible EU directive on Bio-Waste that would require composting of
biodegradable materials like kitchen and garden waste. It would be a
reckless gamble with council taxpayers’ money to enter into the long
term contracts for incineration in these circumstances. The Council
could end up compensating an incinerator operator and be required to
build composting facilities anyway.”
Contact: Andrew Wood, Oxford Friends of the Earth: mobile 07973 953 446
Editors Notes
[1] Local authorities like Bath and North East Somerset, Braintree and
Lewes are already supporting a 10 point Zero Waste Charter.
Oxford residents demonstrate against Incineration of rubbish, Wednesday
15 September 2004
Photo-call Members of the public and Oxford Friends of the Earth will
gather at 6.50 pm on Wednesday 15 September at County Hall, New Road,
Oxford with placards saying ‘Zero Waste Strategy Now’ and ‘Oxfordshire
Against Incineration’ for the 7 pm meeting
Members of Oxford Friends and Oxford residents will attend Oxfordshire
County Council’s public waste strategy consultation on Wednesday 15
September starting at 7 pm at County Hall, New Road, Oxford.
Oxford Friends of the Earth are calling for the Council to: adopt a
zero waste strategy[1]; set high recycling and composting targets (50 per
cent by 2010 and 75 per cent by 2015); write a flexible strategy, to
allow progressive improvements in waste reduction, re-use, recycling
and composting – including municipal in-vessel composting. The Council
should reject incineration and if necessary consider the use of local,
small-scale mechanical-biological treatment (MBT) for residual waste,
with the residues from this process going to landfill – NOT for fuel
pellets or Refuse Derived Fuel as it’s known.
Andrew Wood, from Oxford Friends of the Earth said “Oxfordshire needs to adopt a Zero Waste Strategy - like other Councils – to reduce waste, promote reuse and maximise recycling. The County Council should reject burning Oxfordshire’s rubbish in an incinerator.
Incineration produces toxic pollution that potentially threatens human
health, it undermines recycling and it’s bad for climate change.”
He added
“Legislation for the treatment of waste is rapid changing including a
possible EU directive on Bio-Waste that would require composting of
biodegradable materials like kitchen and garden waste. It would be a
reckless gamble with council taxpayers’ money to enter into the long
term contracts for incineration in these circumstances. The Council
could end up compensating an incinerator operator and be required to
build composting facilities anyway.”
Contact: Andrew Wood, Oxford Friends of the Earth: mobile 07973 953 446
Editors Notes
[1] Local authorities like Bath and North East Somerset, Braintree and
Lewes are already supporting a 10 point Zero Waste Charter.
Andrew Wood (posted by richarddirecttv)
Homepage:
http://www.oxfoe.co.uk
Comments
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Best of luck people!
14.09.2004 11:50
Just wanted to say, I hope a lot of people turnout to make it clear that we are not in favour of this dangerous and unnecessary technology. I am from the Slough Anti-Incinerator Network and affiliated West London anti-incinerator campaign, and we offer our support and solidarity to you. Best of luck people, you got to em quicker than we did (planning permission has been granted for an incinerator between Slough and Hillingdon) so make it count! Hope you succeed,
Cheers,
Stu.
e-mail:
mail4.sain@virgin.net
Homepage:
http://www.sainslough.co.uk
Incineration industry plans charm offensive
14.09.2004 13:36
A peacefull demonsration against the Incinerator at Acerra (nr Naples)
was broken up by riot police two weeks ago. You remember the guys with
the Blue crash hats at Genoa , they attacked the un armed demonstrators
with tear gas and batons ..
The scam is that energy gianed by burning municipal waste is "RENEWABLE"
best of luck
here's the EU PR in favour of poison factories .
Subject: [Hcwh-europe] EU: Incineration industry plans charm offensive
Comment: According to EU incineration directive this data is public, so
they
do not make any "kind" move here. It's just how to make a media noise...
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Incineration industry plans charm offensive
Environment Daily 1724, 13/09/04
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Europe's waste incineration industry is planning to publish emissions
and waste data from its members' plants in an effort to boost public
acceptance. The initiative is being developed by Cewep, the sector's
relatively new Brussels-based trade association.
Cewep represents members in 11 European countries operating 200
waste-to-energy plants, accounting for 60% of the European waste
incineration market. A key challenge facing the association is public
scepticism in many European countries, plus hostility from
environmental groups.
One plank of the industry's response was on show at Cewep's annual
congress in Amsterdam last week. Country reports showed that energy
recovery and recycling "go hand in hand", Cewep managing director Ella
Stengler told Environment Daily.
High levels of recycling are found in countries with high incineration
levels, while low levels of recycling are found in countries with low
incineration levels, Cewep insists.
The association has also funded life-cycle comparisons of different
waste management options. A study it published earlier this year
concluded that incineration with energy recovery is complementary to
materials recycling and biological treatments (ED 07/06/04
.
Cewep's latest plan is to publish on the internet data from its
members' plants on mercury and dioxin emisions to air plus generation
of hazardous solid residues. Dr Stengler said that the project might
go live even before the end of this year.
According to country reports at last week's Cewep congress, public
acceptance of waste-to-energy is higher in countries with high
incineration rates, for example Denmark, Sweden, Germany, the
Netherlands and Switzerland. It is often low in countries where there
is little waste incineration, for example Ireland and the UK.
"Our only chance to be accepted is to be transparent", Dr Stengler
said. "We want to show people". Cewep member incineration plants
achieve mercury and dioxin emissions well below limits in the EU's 2000
waste incineration directive, she claimed.
Follow-up: Cewep
congress press release
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