Parties must tell us where they stand; VIEWPOINTS
South Wales Echo April 1, 2011
ACCORDING to a Plaid Cymru spokeswoman ("Plaid urged to stand
by waste pledge", March 26), the party remains committed to
opposing waste incineration.
Maximum recycling, composting and other advanced processes
are indeed the genuinely "green" alternatives.
Meanwhile, residents and local businesses in Cardiff face the
prospect of a huge incinerator being built in Trident Park,
spewing out 350,000 tonnes of burning waste and pollutants
all your round, ferried in by daily fleets of lorries - courtesy of
the Plaid Cymru and LibDem-controlled Cardiff County Council.
And all this to the profit of big business, subsidised by local
taxpayers through the humorously named "Prosiect Gwyrdd"
(Green Project).
Now that the National Assembly's petitions committee and
the Local Government Ombudsman for Wales are considering
widespread local objections, I have a question for all candidates
and parties in the forthcoming Assembly elections.
Before polling day, will you make your position clear on building
giant waste incineration schemes next to residential areas - are you
for or against? ¦ Robert Griffiths Chair, Cardiff Against the Incinerator
by waste pledge", March 26), the party remains committed to
opposing waste incineration.
Maximum recycling, composting and other advanced processes
are indeed the genuinely "green" alternatives.
Meanwhile, residents and local businesses in Cardiff face the
prospect of a huge incinerator being built in Trident Park,
spewing out 350,000 tonnes of burning waste and pollutants
all your round, ferried in by daily fleets of lorries - courtesy of
the Plaid Cymru and LibDem-controlled Cardiff County Council.
And all this to the profit of big business, subsidised by local
taxpayers through the humorously named "Prosiect Gwyrdd"
(Green Project).
Now that the National Assembly's petitions committee and
the Local Government Ombudsman for Wales are considering
widespread local objections, I have a question for all candidates
and parties in the forthcoming Assembly elections.
Before polling day, will you make your position clear on building
giant waste incineration schemes next to residential areas - are you
for or against? ¦ Robert Griffiths Chair, Cardiff Against the Incinerator
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We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh
Government to revise its planning policy and policy on residual waste
to provide a presumption against the building of incinerators,
which send most of the carbon from waste into the air as CO2,
emit ultra-fine particles that can be damaging to health, and create
toxic ash. We believe that incineration is bad for the environment
and bad for people
Government to revise its planning policy and policy on residual waste
to provide a presumption against the building of incinerators,
which send most of the carbon from waste into the air as CO2,
emit ultra-fine particles that can be damaging to health, and create
toxic ash. We believe that incineration is bad for the environment
and bad for people
