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NO MONSTER INCINERATOR IN NORTHAMPTON!
We are local residents who are opposed to the plans for a huge 200,000 tonne pa capacity incinerator being built in the centre of Northampton.
We are first and foremost concerned about the adverse effects that an incinerator of this type would have on local air quality but the central location of this gigantic incinerator would also be disastrous for many other reasons:
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The huge increase in lorry traffic to feed the plant would greatly compound Northampton's existing problem with congested roads and contribute to further polluting our air. The plant, which would consist of a main building that is 45 metres high and a smoke stack that is 80-85 metres high, would be a visual blight which would be visible from over 5 miles away.
We believe that this plant would be disastrous both environmentally and economically for Northampton. There are proven technologies, better than incineration, which can also produce energy with significantly less pollution. The residents of Northampton do not want an inferior solution imposed on their community. We, the local population, our families and our children, would have live with the consequences for the next 40 years that the plant would be in use and therefore deserve a say! |
Gasification Is Incineration
Gasification is defined as incineration by the European Union and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The filtration systems used in gasification plants do not filter out nano-particles and when Rolton Kilbride or other companies claim that the emissions are safe they do not even measure or take into account the nano-particles which are small enough to be breathed in and pass through people's lungs into their blood stream. Despite the fact that the private company, Rolton Kilbride, that hopes to build and profit from the construction of this gigantic incinerator, has attempted to use terms such as "gasification plant", "community energy scheme" or "waste-to-energy-plant" in an attempt to sugar coat the true nature of this plant, it is by definition an incinerator, and is also 5 times larger than any existing plant of its type in the UK.
The British Society for Ecological Medicine, in their report on the health effects of incinerators particularly highlight recent research which has demonstrated the very high releases of dioxin that arise during start-up and shut- down of incinerators which is especially worrying as Rolton Kilbride's claims about the safety of modern incinerators are based only on emissions which occur during standard operating conditions.(2)
The British Society for Ecological Medicine, in their report on the health effects of incinerators particularly highlight recent research which has demonstrated the very high releases of dioxin that arise during start-up and shut- down of incinerators which is especially worrying as Rolton Kilbride's claims about the safety of modern incinerators are based only on emissions which occur during standard operating conditions.(2)
Ask yourself.... is this what you want to have
in the centre of Northampton?
in the centre of Northampton?
