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Two Proposed Incinerators Locally
Biffa's Plans To Be Submitted This Summer At the April 2010 Westmill Liaison Meetings there was discussion about Biffa's proposed incinerator. Replying to a question on timing for the planning application John Dresser of Biffa National Community Affairs said that the latest time will be by the middle of this year.
The meeting was attended by residents local to the site, various Parish, District and County Councillors, Biffa management, Herts County Planning representatives and an Environment Agency Representative.
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Hertfordshire CC Incinerator Proposal Two companies have been shortlisted by Hertfordshire County Council to build a "waste management facility" in the Hatfield area. This announcement really means another local mass burn waste incinerator is proposed. This is NOT, in any way, an environmentally sound solution to the problems of waste management in Hertfordshire. The county council is gung-ho for mass burn as it will save them paying landfill tax. Unfortunately, it will also destroy valuable recyclable resources and create large amounts of polluting greenhouse gasses, and reduce the air quality in our area with a variety of dangerous particles emitted.
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You can stop Biffa's plans to build
an Incinerator in Ware
We need to wait for Biffa to submit their planning application, the date of which is awaited.
Once they have, you will need to:
Write to the Planning Officer objecting on points of planning law Write to your councillors and MP objecting on points of planning law
Talk to your neighbours and colleagues about the issues
Help us to campaign We will supply you with details of the points of planning law you can object to.
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Biffa want to build a huge incinerator on the Landfill Site in Ware and burn toxic industrial waste.
The incinerator will emit nanoparticles of deadly cancer causing dioxins and poisonous lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury and chromium across the town and will release into the atmosphere tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), the main global warming gas.
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The incinerator will tower over the town, blighting the whole area with noise and light pollution. Much of the plastic and metal to be burned could be recycled.
If you live within 15 miles of the incinerator you are likely to be affected in at least one way. Emissions leave the incinerator and will fall where wind and rain decides.  Their plan would have hundreds of polluting lorry journeys to and from the site, using the A10 and the crowded A602, carrying commercial waste to Ware, and taking highly toxic fly ash out to be landfilled 150 miles
away in the Midlands. read more about impacts on traffic
Biffa have mismanaged the Westmill landfill for years, forcing Ware
residents to live under a cloud as Biffa’s stench spread across the town
and beyond.s.
read
more about Biffa's Safety Record
Remember The treated waste is not our local waste but is being brought in to support Biffa’s commercial profits. Biffa tell us that the waste is non-hazardous but will not tell us it is non-toxic.
One of Biffa’s experts admitted he wouldn’t want to live in Ware, near this incinerator ... so, why would you?
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A huge thank you to over 320 people who attended the 27th November 2009 meeting (or sent their apologies), all those who have subscribed by e-mail and the hundreds who gave their details on Dickensian night. A fantastic response with enormous levels of local support. November 2009 Meeting - read the event report or see the presentation again. read more |
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