Cardiff, Caerphilly, Newport,
Monmouthshire, Vof G Councils want a big burner which Ties them into a very expensive PFI for 25 YEARS to burn waste rather than improve recycling rates. The Prosiect Gwyrdd councils are striving towards a feeble 65% recycling by 2025 with at least a further 5% being ASH from the incinerator. Many other councils have already exceeded 70% recyling rates.
“Prosiect Gwyrdd” = Scam Green = WAG Welsh Waste Policy = incinerators
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.
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The business case doesn't work withfalling 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.
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 theprospectus 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/
PG's propaganda campaign!! No problems of tight Council budgets and a bankrupt economy for these South Wales councils! The procurement ignores criticisms of this £1100 million 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!
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.
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 officals etc!!
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.
Viridor Waste Management Ltd has appealed against the refusal of planning permission by Cardiff Council for a massive incinerator! The appeal goes to the Welsh Assembly.Viridor incinerator appeal to be decided by public enquiry and a site visit from planning inspectorate.
TAKE ACTION today... Write to the Welsh Assembly Planning Inspectorate Crown Buildings Cardiff CF10 3NQ wales@pins.gsi.gov.uk
Objections by 24 December 2009 quoting appeal reference APP/Z6815/A/09/2113747/WF very inconvienient timing for the unsuspecting public...
Viridor are planning a massive incinerator in Trident Park, between Ocean Way and the Docks.This will burn 350,000 tonnes of waste a year.
Some points to raise again..
It is too big! Burning waste from all over South Wales Big incinerator contracts for large amounts of waste have been shown to reduce recycling rates. 260 more lorries per day on Cardiff Roads! All day increasing pollution and congestion! Greenhouse gases - ultra fine particles and dioxins Incinerators have the highest emissions of harmful substances compared with other waste management options. It produces of poisonous dioxins -An incinerator of this sort has toxic emissions, particularly ultrafine particles (nanoparticles) Toxic Waste - 120,000 tonnes of waste ash per year! One third of waste will become ASH. 17,500 tonnes of that will be toxic and need special hazardous waste disposal. What do we do with the 17,500 tonnes of hazardous toxic ash? They expect to send it to England at great cost to dumps with huge local opposition.
NOT GREEN Energy Generating energy from burning waste is NOT efficient or renewable Can we use the heat from the Viridor incinerator? There can only be a WASTE of heat! There are no realistic uses for the immense 70 MW heat, year-round with no back-up supply in the event of breakdown and maintenance down-time. No evidence that Viridor has any real plans to lay costly pipes needed to actually supply any of the heat at all. Against WAG policy
ALTERNATIVES Waste should be dealt with locally using MBT (mechanical, biological, treatments,) which produces soil and reclaims recyclables. We need to MAXIMISE recycling and composting
TAKE ACTION write a letter of objection Write to Welsh Assembly, Planning Inspectorate, Crown Buildings Cardiff CF10 3NQ
Objections by 24 December 2009 quoting appeal reference APP/Z6815/A/09/2113747/WF
free guide to appeals from inspectorate..029 2082 3889
Viridor have been encouraged by the promotion of Project Gwyrdd(project green)
Will it save money building a massive incinerator?
No, it may end up costing us a fortune and tied in to a contract councils can’t get out of.
Viridor cannot build their costly giant incinerator unless they get a long-term (25 yr) contract from Cardiff and the other Councils, who would then not try to meet their recycling and residual waste targets. This has already happened to some English Councils, who find their predecessors signed contracts for more waste than is now being produced, so send their recycling collections too or pay a penalty. Having an incinerator would actually prevent increasing recycling and composting rates at a later date.
FACTS
giant incinerator 350 000t/yr, over-sized even for the 5 Scam Gwyrdd councils
domestic waste is decreasing with more recycling,
residual waste to reduce to 130 000 tons/yr for the5-authority region
other waste facilities in other Council areas could and should come much sooner
Viridor said half their waste for burning would be industrial/commercial – but it’s not needed as their recycling is increasing fast (avoiding the high incineration costs).
Is the Viridor incinerator efficient?
It is so Very inefficient – it is called waste ‘disposal’ under European standard
Will it save money building a massive incinerator?
No, it may end up costing us a fortune and tied in to a contract councils can’t get out of.
Viridor cannot build their costly giant incinerator unless they get a long-term (25 yr) contract from Cardiff and the other Councils, who would then not try to meet their recycling and residual waste targets. This has already happened to some English Councils, who find their predecessors signed contracts for more waste than is now being produced, so send their recycling collections too or pay a penalty. Having an incinerator would actually prevent increasing recycling and composting rates at a later date.
FACTS
giant incinerator 350 000t/yr, over-sized even for the 5 Scam Gwyrdd councils
domestic waste is decreasing with more recycling,
residual waste to reduce to 130 000 tons/yr for the5-authority region
other waste facilities in other Council areas could and should come much sooner
Viridor said half their waste for burning would be industrial/commercial – but it’s not needed as their recycling is increasing fast (avoiding the high incineration costs).
Can we use the heat from the Viridor incinerator?
There can only be a WASTE of heat! There are no realistic uses for the immense 70 MW heat, year-round with no back-up supply in the event of breakdown and maintenance down-time. No evidence that Viridor has any real plans to lay costly pipes needed to actually supply any of the heat at all. Against WAG policy
Is the Viridor incinerator efficient?
It is so Very inefficient – it is called waste ‘disposal’ under European standard
Whoops and what about the DANGEROUS EMISSIONS?
What do we do with the 17,500 tonnes of hazardous toxic ash? They expect to send it to England at great cost to dumps with huge local opposition.
The production of poisonous dioxins
An incinerator of this sort has toxic emissions, particularly ultrafine particles (nanoparticles)
How many lorries will be driving through Cardiff every Day to deliver this rubbish to Viridor in Splott?
Could be up to
260 BIG DIRTY RUBBISH LORRIES
every day
Adding to congestion
And what is the carbon footprint of all this? Send the answer...
New FOE report
.......and Professor Dr Paul Connett Ph.D on zero waste here
..............................Right now the landfill surcharge is driving the building of massive incinerators
UK is moving from worst solution to the next worse solution i.e. moving from the bottom of the waste hierarchy up.
What we need are financial incentives to encourage communities to move to the top of the waste hierarchy –i.e. towards sustainability. Perhaps........
INCINERATION 20 pounds/ton surcharge
40 pounds/ton surcharge on ash
LANDFILLING 40 pounds/ton surcharge
The Governent is pushing councils in one direction - incineration
Charles Clover in The Sunday Times derided the government for pushing councils towards incineration as a solution for waste disposal. Previously incineration plants had been opposed because of fears of toxic emissions, an issue now largely dealt with by better burners. Clover said incineration should be opposed: "It starves recycling industries of raw materials and prevents a cheaper, greener business model from succeeding."
UK Health research here Effect on health unknown here Welsh councils' incinerator trend Environment minister Carwyn Jones has said the development of incinerators in Wales is ineitable.24-3-07 AN INCINERATOR close to Swansea's prestigious SA1 development is being investigated for allegedly pumping out too many harmful fumes...Residents...have been told that potentially-cancer-causing dioxin emissions were found to have been three times the limit when tested in December last year. Waste Burning Could Be Lethal (from Oxford Mail) Incinerators - are WMD's? Health Impacts of Incinerators here UK without incineration network here
A report from Friends of the Earth reveals the huge extent of the pollution and financial losses caused by our love of landfill and incinerationmore...
Wales Climate Camp
The Minister depicted Prosiect Gwyrdd as "producing much needed energy" that would "use waste in the best possible way", despite the consortium claiming their Business case for procuring a ‘solution’ for residual waste is technology-neutral
WAG Approval of the business case and subsidy for Prosiect Gwyrdd, 27 Jan. 2009:
New funding boost for next generation energy-from-waste plant in south Wales
Why are incinerator residues not counted in the recycling/composting indicator?hereClassification of Incinerator Bottom Ash (updated 29 Nov. 2008)
Facebook Groups
No Incinerator in Cardiff Bay here
- Councils Scam Gwyrdd
Scottish Parliament: National Waste Strategy
Scottish Parliament vote against large-scale incinerators -The vote in the Scottish Parliament, carried because the Tories voted with the Greens and SNP. Just one Lib-Dem supported, 6 Labour absentees.
If burning up to a quarter of Scotland's municipal waste is "a failure of the imagination" how much bigger a failure is the proposed Welsh strategy with burning up to 37% proposed !
It appears that the governing SNP had a change in mind when confronted with 25% in their Minister's plan.
*S3M-4348.1 Scottish Parliament: National Waste Strategy (11 Jun 2009)
11 Jun 2009 ... Greens win Holyrood Vote against "Landfill in the Sky". Parliament today endorsed Green opposition to plans for a new generation of ... there should be no necessity for any large-scale waste-to-energy plants to be built ...
Newport’s cabinet gave the go ahead to allow an Assembly-owned site on Tatton Road to be considered for the project. The site, in the industrial area of Queensway Meadows, is likely to be the only publicly owned site earmarked for the plant.
Covering Letter
