Prosiect Gwyrdd lies - The partnership is not to "recycle and compost" but to dispose of the "residuals".

Cardiff publicity is a direct lie. The partnership is not to "recycle and compost" but to dispose of the "residuals" by unwanted incinerators at huge cost.

Publicity by Fib Dems/Plaid Cymru /'Prosiect Gwyrdd'/project 'GREEN'! - A Waste Partnership not To Recycle Burn Waste In Wales  http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/33517 Source: Cardiff City Council Published Wednesday, 10 February, 2010 - 12:09 MisInformation roadshows will be held in each local authority area to continue to misinform residents about 'Prosiect Gwyrdd' -  you can go along to  Cardiff: Saturday February 27, Queen Street, outside McDonalds, Cardiff City Centre Caerphilly: Tuesday March 2, Cliff Road/Hall Street car park Blackwood Prosiect Gwyrdd – financial unsoundness hidden The cost of "do minimum" landfill is cheaper!!! And with MBT it could come down further. But it seems there is no problems of tight Council budgets and a bankrupt economy for these South Wales councils! They ignore criticisms of this £1100 million PFI project. What right have our Cllr to mortgage our communities for 25-30 years*? They are going for Private Finance over 25-30 yr, despite cross-party opposition in Wales to high cost, inflexible PFI! RIGGED for incineration Not GREEN - They claim they have not chosen the technology, yet the prospectus advertised by P Gwyrdd has been rigged to attract large incinerator companies and fix a long-term commitment to incineration, instead of cheaper low-tech mechanical and biological treatment systems.  PGwyrdd has made a mockery of Stakeholder participation, with only two from FoE but scarcely anyone else as ‘public’ stakeholders at their 7th Sept. event. The rest are council officials etc!! P Gwyrdd claimed to meet Welsh Strategy targets, but there is no mention of the maximum residual waste per person of 150kg, which means 125 000 tonnes maximum compared with their guide figure of 160 000 tonnes (35% of 460 000t). They’ve told Councils to claim to the public that they aim to “recycle and compost as much waste as possible”. Yet the 65% falls far short of that claim, being less than already achieved in Europe, eg. Flanders, and far below the 80-90% figures said possible by their consultants. They say nothing about toxic residues from waste combustion and the requirement under the proximity principle to have an outlet in SE Wales (they bother to offer help over waste transfer stations but not over a disposal site). They set no requirement on energy efficiency, despite Welsh strategy on 60% minimum. *Friends of the Earth from experience in England warns us against long-term waste deals with private companies (Long waste contractswww.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/long_contracts.pdf). http://cardiffincinerator.blogspot.com/

'Prosiect Gwyrdd' Propaganda

'Prosiect Gwyrdd' Propaganda - A Waste Partnership To Recycle And Compost Waste In Wales

http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/33517
Source: Cardiff City Council
Published Wednesday, 10 February, 2010 - 12:09

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Mis Information roadshows will be held in each local authority area to continue to inform residents about 'Prosiect Gwyrdd' - A waste partnership to deliver a solution to residual waste after recycling and composting has been maximised in each area.

The issue of 'waste' affects everyone, everyone produces it and everyone needs to take responsibility to reduce the amount they produce and recycle and compost as much as possible. Recycling and composting is becoming more accepted by residents, with the majority using the schemes provided to divert waste from landfill. All 5 partner Councils are continuing to develop recycling and composting facilities and awareness campaigns to strive towards the challenging recycling and composting targets set by the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG).
Staff from the Project Team will also be available to answer questions. The next phase of roadshows will take place in the following areas:
• The Vale of Glamorgan: Saturday January 30, Barry King Square, Barry
• Monmouthshire: Tuesday February 9, Caldicot Market, opposite shoefayre, Newport Road, Caldicot
• Newport: Thursday February 18, upstairs in Newport Market, Newport City Centre (10am until 4pm)
• Cardiff: Saturday February 27, Queen Street, outside McDonalds, Cardiff City Centre
• Caerphilly: Tuesday March 2, Cliff Road/Hall Street car park Blackwood
Cllr Mark Stephens, Chairman of the Joint Committee governing the project said: "The first phase of roadshows was well received by the majority of people that attended. Waste isn't a very glamorous issue but it is an issue that affects everyone and we hope that the public take an interest and visit these events to learn about the project, the potential options available and speak to staff if they have any questions. All up to date information on the Project is also available online at www.prosiectgwyrdd.co.uk "

Viridor MISLEAD public over incinerator

 INCINERATOR Carbon sinner

We must change climate discourse to emphasise social benefits of cutting carbon. New Labour and Plaid Cymru in Wales must  increase recycling and have more ambitious targets and say NO to building incinerators and NO to the massive Viridor incinerator and hundreds of rubbish lorries travelling into Cardiff every day.

Viridor is misleading the public calling this huge incinerator 'Energy from Waste'
which is not aimed at reclaiming the energy, not being located suitably for uses of the heat,  but has waste disposal as primary purpose.  In the Environments Agency's own phrasing it's a "carbon sinner".
Viridor are appealing to WAG planning for their Incinerator so Take Action before Christmas Eve
To object write to the Welsh Assembly Planning Inspectorate
wales@pins.gsi.gov.uk
Objections by 24 December 2009 quoting appeal referenceAPP/Z6815/A/09/2113747/WF

Politicians shouldn't be afraid of this low carbon agenda - they should be actively promoting it.
http://www.prosiectgwyrdd.com/

Viridor appeal case

Viridor appeal docs

http://www.pcs.planningportal.gov.uk/pcsportal/ViewCase.asp?casename=APP/Z6815/A/09/2113747&caseaddress=COO.2036.300.8.2484993


Summary details of case
The erection of an energy from waste facility with combined heat and power plant and ancillary offices at Trident Park, Glass Avenue, off Ocean Way, Cardiff.

Planning Inspectorate Contacts
The Case Officer is Dawn McGowan
You can call our Customer Support Line on 02920 823866

Procedure
Inquiry
Appeal stages and dates
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Appeal accepted	Questionnaire	Statements & representations	Final comments	Inquiry evidence	Event	Decision
Appeal form & attachments	Questionnaire & attachments	Statements, attachments & representations	Final comments	Written Statements of Evidence	Site notice	Decision
Start date: 12 Nov 2009	Due date: 26 Nov 2009	Due date: 4 Mar 2010	Due date: 25 Mar 2009	Due date: N/A	Date: Not arranged	Date: Not decided

Documents for APP/Z6815/A/09/2113747

You can access any of the documents for this case (APP/Z6815/A/09/2113747) by clicking on the icon next to the document name. The documents will normally be in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. If you do not have the viewer for PDF files, click the logo to download Adobe Reader. Certain materials available for download may be subject to Copyright.  For more information please see Copyright. Document Name File Size Recipients -Evidence / Initial documents   -Initial Documents     Covering Letter 367 KB -     Scanned planning appeal 985 KB -     Refusal Notice 1.96 MB -     Trident Park - Application Forms 1.76 MB -     Application Plans 7 MB -     Supporting Statement - Application Stage 10.81 MB -     Environmental Statement 25.31 MB -     Appendix 1- Scoping Letter & Report 1.09 MB -     Appendix 2 - Scoping Opinion 3.02 MB -     Appendix 3 - Statement of Community Involvement 10.76 MB -     Appendix 4 - Planning History 713 KB -     Appendix 5 - Flood Risk Assessment 14.33 MB -     Appendix 6 - CNIM Design Specification 3.92 MB -     Appendix 7 - Heat Plan 5.36 MB -     Appendix 8 - Travel Plan 2.79 MB -     Appendix 9 - Carbon Footprint 742 KB -     Appendix 10 - Sustainability Appraisal 1.17 MB -     Appendix 11 - Provisional BREEAM Assessment 995 KB -     Appendix 12 - Human Health Risk Assessment 975 KB -     Appendix 13 - Site Assessment Report 22.33 MB -     Appendix 14 - Preliminary Contamination Assessment 13.4 MB -     Appendix 15 - Land Quality Risk Assessment 30.7 MB -     Appendix 16 - Transport Assessment 12.45 MB -     Appendix 17 - SEWBREC Ecology report 50.91 MB -     Appendix 18 - Built Heritage Features 1.28 MB -     Appendix 19 - Air Quality Assessment 11.47 MB -     Appendix 20 - Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment 88.16 MB -     Appendix 21 - Accoustic Appendices 2.74 MB -     DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT 2.3 MB -     VOLUME 4 - NON TECHNICAL SUMMARY 8.26 MB -     Copies of Correspondence 15.77 MB - -Evidence / Local authority's case   -Local Authority's Questionnaire     Questionnaire part 1 18.5 MB -     Questionnaire part 2 19.87 MB -     Questionnaire part 3 18.71 MB -     Questionnaire part 4 20.56 MB -     Questionnaire part 5 18.42 MB -     Questionnaire part 6 15.76 MB -     Questionnaire part 7 9.33 MB -     Questionnaire part 8 9.79 MB -     Questionnaire part 9 12.3 MB -

Prosiect Gwyrdd Numbers Rigged

The business case doesn't work  with falling tonnageProsiect Gwyrdd just carry on with the old numbers that they rigged to work!

Wales has had 4 straight years of falling MSW. It is still falling this year. no waste growth is justifiable as it will not gone up any year in 5.
The Project Manager's excuse for using the old figures is "we all know waste growth changes have occurred and declined in the past two years" and "predictions are under review".

Spreadsheet for Wales that could be up-dated reports. It is still falling abut 4% in 2009/10.

Prosiect Gwyrdd RIGGED for incineration

PG's deception campaign!!
By allowing only a short time over Xmas for bids, they'll hope that only the incinerator companies they've been encouraging would get bids in.

Deception

Prosiect Gwyrdd – financial unsoundness hidden

The cost of "do minimum" landfill is cheaper!!! And with MBT it could come down further.
But it seems there is no problems of tight Council budgets and a bankrupt economy for these South Wales councils!
They ignore criticisms of this £1100 million PFI project. What right have our Cllr to mortgage our communities for 25-30 years*? They are going for Private Finance over 25-30 yr, despite cross-party opposition in Wales to high cost, inflexible PFI!

RIGGED for incineration

Not GREEN - They claim they have not chosen technology, yet the prospectus advertised by P Gwyrdd has been rigged to attract large incinerator companies and fix a long-term commitment to incineration, instead of cheaper low-tech mechanical and biological treatment systems.

PGwyrdd has made a mockery of Stakeholder participation, with only two from FoE but scarcely
anyone else as ‘public’ stakeholders at their 7th Sept. event. The rest are council officials etc!!

P Gwyrdd claimed to meet Welsh Strategy targets, but there is no mention of the maximum residual waste per person of 150kg, which means 125 000 tonnes maximum compared with their guide figure of 160 000 tonnes
(35% of 460 000t).

They’ve told Councils to claim to the public that they aim to “recycle and compost as much waste as possible”.
Yet the 65% falls far short of that claim, being less than already achieved in Europe, eg. Flanders, and far below the 80-90% figures said possible by their consultants.

They say nothing about toxic residues from waste combustion and the requirement under the proximity principle to have an outlet in SE Wales (they bother to offer help over waste transfer stations but not over a disposal site).

They set no requirement on energy efficiency, despite Welsh strategy on 60% minimum.

*Friends of the Earth from experience in England warns us against long-term waste deals with private companies (Long waste contracts www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/long_contracts.pdf).
http://cardiffincinerator.blogspot.com/