Brookes People & Planet and Oxford FoE have been campaigning against plans to build an incinerator plant in Oxfordshire. At present the Oxford Times is reporting that the Council has decided to choose an incineration option ( http://tinyurl.com/389mh2), but no final decision has been made. The way the council has tendered for the contract have made it virtually certain that incineration will be the preferred technology, although official council policy is to stay 'technology neutral'. Other technologies exist which could be deployed, and several councils in the UK have decided against incineration, but in Oxfordshire these have not been given a serious look in. This is not set in stone, however and some of the councillors are making a fuss about how the decision has been made behind closed doors.

There is a debate of all County Councillors next Thursday (January 8th), at which the subject will be discussed, and already a lot of councillors are complaining that the decision has already been taken without proper consultation. There is still quite a lot of scope for public pressure to have an effect as the bidding process is still in the shortlisting stages. We have put together a petition which we will present on the 8th, and
there will be a peaceful demonstration of feeling outside. Please pass on the link to the petition to as many people as possible, and get in contact if you would like to join us on the 8th.

The online version of the petition is here - please sign and pass on to as many people as you can:

 http://www.petitiononline.com/oxincin7/petition.html

We have also put together a website with a lot of further information:

 http://ox-incinerator.freehostia.com/