Covanta pulls out of Merthyr Tydfil £400m waste plan
BBC 24 Oct 2011
Max Wallis from SWWIN said "Great news! Covanta have recognised the writing on the wall for high-cost mass-burn mega-incinerators that waste most or all of the heat.
It’s also a blow to the Welsh government’s pro-incineration policy, for they invited Covanta to Wales. Ieuan Wyn Jones (as Deputy First Minister) visited Covanta in the USA and his officials set up contacts for Covanta and helped with plans for rail transhipment of waste from all over Wales (as FoI disclosures revealed).
For Prosiect Gwyrdd, who chose four incinerator projects for S-E Wales municipal waste, Covanta’s retreat means two down, two to go. Let’s see Newport turn down Veolia’s plan for Newport/Llanwern – this would leave PG’s plan to shortlist two incinerators in ruins."
Plans for huge waste incinerator in Merthyr Tydfil withdrawn with immediate effect
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BBC 24 Oct 2011
Max Wallis from SWWIN said "Great news! Covanta have recognised the writing on the wall for high-cost mass-burn mega-incinerators that waste most or all of the heat.
It’s also a blow to the Welsh government’s pro-incineration policy, for they invited Covanta to Wales. Ieuan Wyn Jones (as Deputy First Minister) visited Covanta in the USA and his officials set up contacts for Covanta and helped with plans for rail transhipment of waste from all over Wales (as FoI disclosures revealed).
For Prosiect Gwyrdd, who chose four incinerator projects for S-E Wales municipal waste, Covanta’s retreat means two down, two to go. Let’s see Newport turn down Veolia’s plan for Newport/Llanwern – this would leave PG’s plan to shortlist two incinerators in ruins."
Plans for huge waste incinerator in Merthyr Tydfil withdrawn with immediate effect
read more
1 comment:
Great news - now we have to redouble our efforts in Cardiff and Newport to stop ALL the incineration proposals in SE Wales. There's a protest at the Welsh Assembly in Cardiff on 15th November (midday). Rob Hepworth, Chair, Stop Newport Incinerator Campaign (SNIC)
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