No to incineration in Wales

United lobby of AMs and demonstration at the Senedd
     Cardiff Bay:  Tuesday, November 15  12:00pm - 3:00pm

The Merthyr campaign's victory should hearten us all. In Cardiff and Newport, where incinerators are still planned, we need to send a clear message that toxic waste-burning is not acceptable anywhere in Wales -- not near our homes, not near our neighbors, not in our air!  In Barry Dock, where the Council gave outline planning permission for 80 00 tonnes pa waste burning, tell them no!

The story of the Welsh government collusion over Covanta's incinerator proposed near Merthyr - and just abandoned - is given by South Wales WIN using documents obtained under Freedom of Information.

HOT NEWS! Covanta quits mega-Incinerator at Methyr

BBC- Covanta pulls out of Merthyr Tydfil £400m waste plan

Great news!  Covanta have recognised the writing on the wall for high-cost mass-burn mega-incinerators that waste most or all of the heat.

It’s also a blow to the Welsh government’s pro-incineration policy, for they invited Covanta to Wales.  Ieuan Wyn Jones (as Deputy First Minister) visited Covanta in the USA and his officials set up contacts for Covanta and helped with plans for rail transhipment of waste from all over Wales (revealed by FoI disclosures) .

For Prosiect Gwyrdd, who chose four incinerator projects for S-E Wales municipal waste, Covanta’s retreat means two down, two to go.  Let’s see Newport turn down Veolia’s plan for Newport/Llanwern – this would leave PG’s plan to shortlist two incinerators in ruins.