LEADING Wiltshire Lib Dems are calling for the incinerator application to be withdrawn
LEADING Wiltshire Lib Dems are calling for the incinerator application to be withdrawn or thrown out and for Wiltshire Council to go back to green technology to boost recycling instead.
The group's environment and climate emergency spokesperson, cllr Dr
Brian Mathew
is calling on Northacre Renewable Energy Ltd to withdraw its new plan.
The call comes as part of the Lib Dem campaign for a green economic recovery plan to help the county bounce back from the Covid 19 crisis.
Dr Mathew said, "I proposed the resolution that was adopted by Wiltshire Council to recognise the climate emergency. It committed our county to being carbon neutral by 2030.
"It beggars belief that the current council's Conservative leadership now seem to be backing Northacre Energy's plans to build a massive waste incinerator at Westbury.
"This is out of date and polluting technology. It would generate in the region of a quarter of a million tonnes of CO₂ each year and lock the county into it for the next 25 years. More than 60% of the waste material burnt by this incinerator will be transported into Wiltshire by road and rail, creating more congestion, pollution and environmental damage."
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Wiltshire Lib Dems say incinerator plan should be scrapped
LEADING Wiltshire Lib Dems are calling for the incinerator application to be