Merthyr Waste Plant nasty quick fix

When applied to incinerators, "energy from waste" is a dangerous euphemism. Far from being a sensible, environmentally friendly solution to the enormous amount of waste created in Wales, incineration is a nasty
quick fix to deal with our ever-growing waste mountain
The news that a 400m waste plant planned for Wales Jan 04 2011 to build one of the UK’s largest waste incineration plants on the outskirts of Merthyr Tydfil is shocking.
This is an Energy from waste CON  WAG under pressure to reduce landfill are opting for incineration of waste under the pretext that they can make electricity from the process! We know the electricity from one of these large incinerators is pretty small, compared with normal power stations (several 100MW up to Aberthaw’s 1450MW) and produces toxic ash and air pollution. They set no requirement on energy efficiency, despite Welsh strategy on 60% minimum. The Welsh Assembly must NOT promote incineration.

Energy from waste = a waste of energy. Plastics and paper are the main source of calorific value in an incinerator. Burning plastics, which are oil based, is effectively burning fossil fuels – the main factor behind global warming. Paper is produced from wood by an energy intensive process. Burning it
wastes energy and resources as well as generating pollution. This information has been available for over a decade.

What a disaster for the people of Merthyr and in fact the whole of Wales as this monster Incinerator will demand rubbish from all corners of the UK to feed its voracious appetite. Other countries have achieved much higher recycling rates 70% and higher within a few years so there is no excuse to build incinerators. Putting off 70% recycling till 2025 means going slow on recycling, when some countries (Falmand/Berlgium) and municipalities have already reached this level

More jobs will be created from better recycling as a new report shows .  Coventa have a lousy record
- Covanta was found guilty of violating employment laws in the US and has been fined hundreds of thousands of pounds after exceeding emission levels of carcinogenic chemicals from its American incinerators.

We will never achieve 'Zero Waste' if Jane Davidson, our AM's allow companies to construct massive pollution making facilities like this. But still the Welsh Assembly spends millions promoting incineration using
quangos they set up for the purpose like Waste Awareness Wales.
Watch Energy from Waste Myth
and Come to the Caerphilly Council Chamber, Penalta House, Tredomen, Ystrad Mynach on Wednesday 19th January 201, 5.0pm till 8.0pm to hear a lecture by Dr. D. van Steenis on the health issues related to "Breathable Particle Emissions" from EfW Incinerators........don't miss it for your children's sake.