She agreed to send letters to Welsh Env Minister and Env Agency concerning ROC subsidy for the
proposed "Sunrise" wood burner and implications of it burning waste wood containing arsenic preservative and other chemicals. The Welsh government could have a principle of - no ROC subsidy if there was strong public opposition locally, similar to the condition invoked last week against the Norfolk incinerator by the UK Environment Minister.
Ms Parrott also discussed Prosiect Gwyrdd for municipal waste incinerators in Cardiff or Newport (Llanwern). When PG collapses, as appears likely, the BioGen gasifier-incinerator proposed on Barry Dock is likely to come back into contention.
Ms Parrott was interested in the MBT alternative to incineration and promised to contact colleagues on Bristol Council, which has a contract for the new MBT commissioned in Avonmouth by 'New Earth Solutions'. This new UK company was cut out of P Gwyrdd's shortlist in favour of mega-waste companies Covanta, Viridor and Veolia, all planning large incinerators.
The group also discussed recycling, criticising the Vale Council for limiting it to 65% of waste and deferring this till 2025. Its change to co-mingled recycling collection was also criticised as giving poor quality materials of lower value. They may well have to change back to separated collection, it was argued.
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