November 30, 2007 @ 12:07 pm
Danger of incinerator in the BHL area
Local residents are on high alert after the announcement that Waltham Forest will become home to three of six new waste processing plants planned for North London. The Walthamstow Guardian confirms that “the types of plants needed include a hazardous waste processing facility and an incinerator, as well as recycling centres.” [see article here]
This is naturally worrying: nobody wants an incinerator in the area. Also, the council has presented the development as a ‘Gateway’ opportunity filled with local amenities, businesses, public spaces, housing and leisure parks - just where (and next to what) would any processing plant go?
Before rushing to the barricades to fight incinerator plans, however, we should remember that it has not been decided what’s going to be put where. According to a comment posted on the Guardian’s article, Archie Onslow of The North London Waste Plan has said that they’re looking into sites for processing/recycling green waste and stuff from the black boxes ie composting / sorting facilities.
The council rushed to assure residents that there will be consultation on the subject. It will start on January 23 and, the council says, “residents will be able to request a copy” (of what, exactly?) by visiting www.nlwp.net or ringing the North London Waste Plan on 020 7974 5916.
The NLWP website has a sort of consultation portal called “Have Your Say” and there is a consultation timetable that promises “formal consultation on issues and options, via [the NLWP] website and public events across the 7 boroughs“. It looks worryingly stage-managed, and it would be nice to know what part our own council will play in all this… As ever, we have to work to make sure that the consultation is genuine and meaningful. Take a look at theNLWP’s consultation guidelines and tell us what you think.
A meeting to discuss policy will be held at the Education Centre on 28th Jan at 6.30pm.
The time scale on this seems long, but you know how time flies: here is the North London Waste Plan’s timetable.
Watch this space!
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Posted by Ken opposes incinerators and says it’s councils that decide. « Blackhorse Action Group
December 17, 2007 @ 4:25 pm
[...] December 17, 2007 in Environment Tags: BHL2, Environment, incinerator, waste Ken Livingston wrote a sharp little letter in response to the Walthamstow Guardian’s suggestion that it was Ken who had decided to ram incinerators down our throats. (See original post about it here.) [...]
Posted by Blackhorse Action Group · Ken opposes incinerators and says it’s councils that decide.
April 6, 2008 @ 6:10 pm
[...] Ken Livingston wrote a sharp little letter in response to the Walthamstow Guardian’s suggestion that it was Ken who had decided to ram incinerators down our throats. (See original post about it here.) [...]