BDR Waste Partnership are consulting, on the proposals to site a waste incinerator in the heart of the Dearne Valley.
There has been a very poorly organised and chaotically delivered road show, that was virtually useless and was concealing at least as much as it revealed.
I would have thought that an, up to 75 Metre, chimney, (Up to 5 times the height of the building, no less!) would be shown on the illustrations and mock ups as it will be visible for many miles and will have flashing lights on the top making it fully visible, even at night!
If they are being dishonest about this, what else are they not telling us? Richard Russell, it is time to get a grip on this farcical charade that you call consultation! We deserve and demand the full facts to be presented, without equivocation. If you want to gain trust in this proposal, you must give us the truth, we can take it!
We are not fools, this proposal is bad news for anyone who lives or works in the area and even much further away, up to more than 20 miles in all directions, in fact. This includes a great deal of the northern Pennines as well as Chesterfield in the South, Thorne in the East and Wakefield towards the North. A simply huge area of over 1250 square miles in fact!
Much more thought needs to be put in to this, there are better technologies such as anerobic digestion, which will produce huge quantities of methane. When burnt, methane, only produces CO2, water and heat, a much safer approach for the environment than simply burning the waste directly, with all the complexity of emissions control or the damaging Dioxins and heavy metals that will pollute our environment for ever!
Does no one remember the past? The toxic burden of the old polluting industries, only relatively recently gone, is surely a considerable but as yet unknown, burden already. No one seems to want the tests done, is it because, they have reason to fear the implications of the most probable results? We must be told!
Millions of Pounds has been spent ameliorating some of the very most heavily polluted areas of the Dearne. This toxic legacy is still with us today and will be forever because the very worst pollutants, will never break down. Dioxins, Furans and heavy metal pollution will last for ever!
Richard Russell, again take note, before any proposal has even the remotest chance of getting at least acquiescence from the people of the Dearne. A full sampling and analysis of samples taken throughout the Dearne, enough to make the results credible, in order to establish the true nature of the current pollution/toxic load we have. This needs to be performed sooner, rather than later and the results made public, prior to advancing this proposal further.
Those campaigning to stop this amazingly short sighted and inadequate proposal should be supported by all in the Dearne Valley and beyond. The campaign, Dearne Valley AIM (Against Incineration in Manvers) is getting prepared for the battle to come.
If you are concerned? want to know more? Email them here.
Rik
Further reading:
Wikipedia Dearne Valley
Friends of the Earth (FoE)
FoE Briefing, Incineration and Health Issues pdf
Green Party
Greenpeace
Greenpeace, The Weekly Geek: anerobic digestion
SITA Uk
PPP Focus on the proposals.
Catalyst Lend Lease
Text of email sent to Richard Russell, the Councillor for, Rother Vale Ward and Cabinet Member for Streetpride and a member of the Planning Board. Sent 26th June, 2010. I will publish his response when I get one.
For information, here is his Email address, richard.russell@rotherham.gov.uk.. Write to him yourself!
“Dear Cllr Russell,
I print below comments from my Website, Rotherham Politics, regarding the Dearne Valley Waste Processing and Incineration, proposals:
“There has been a very poorly organised and chaotically delivered road show, that was virtually useless and was concealing at least as much as it revealed.
I would have thought that an, up to 75 Metre, chimney, (Up to 5 times the height of the building, no less!) would be shown on the illustrations and mock ups as it will be visible for many miles and will have flashing lights on the top making it fully visible, even at night!
If they are being dishonest about this, what else are they not telling us? Richard Russell, it is time to get a grip on this farcical charade that you call consultation! We deserve and demand the full facts to be presented, without equivocation. If you want to gain trust in this proposal, you must give us the truth, we can take it!”
“Richard Russell, again take note, before any proposal has even the remotest chance of getting at least acquiescence from the people of the Dearne. A full sampling and analysis of samples taken throughout the Dearne, enough to make the results credible, in order to establish the true nature of the current pollution/toxic load we have. This needs to be performed sooner, rather than later and the results made public, prior to advancing this proposal further.”
I and my readers, would appreciate your answers to the questions posed in the above extracts?
In addition to the above I would also appreciate the results of any previous testing done in the Dearne Valley? If no testing has been performed please confirm this fact?
Yours Faithfully
Rik Van Hegan”
Freedom of information
Read, find – Freedom of information enquires : Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council.
whatdotheyknow.com.
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