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Cannock incinerator plan rejected in U-turn
Friday 16th September 2011, 11:30AM BST.
The proposed incinerator would have been next to the Poplars recycling and landfill site
A controversial proposal to build an incinerator in Staffordshire has been scrapped in a dramatic turnaround by planners.
The scheme at Kingswood Lakeside Park near Cannock had been given the go-ahead by Staffordshire County Council in July after a stormy passage through the application process.
But concerns were raised over whether an £80,000-a-year offer by Biffa to fund local community activities may have influenced the decision. It was brought back to the planning committee yesterday where members voted 10- 2 against the scheme.
The incinerator was to form part of a £200 million waste management scheme involving the adjoining Poplars landfill site.
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Now the people of cannock can wallow in their own filth. they will pay for their shoot sighted nimbyism.
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A rather immature comment from someone who clearly has no understanding of the waste hiearchy. Waste reduction and recycling should be the priority followed by more environmentally friendly forms of waste dispoal such as biodigestion, biomass and combined heat and power waste to energy plants. Incinerators have no place in the 21st Century they are a relic. Well done Councillors!!
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Lord Maud; I guess you do not live in Cannock. Staffordshire has enough Incinerators (Four Ashes and Stoke) to deal with it’s own waste (both commercial and domestic). Research your facts before making comments. Oh, never heard of recycling either.
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Go build it over at Codsall, then watch the nimbyism. We are not the dumping ground of South Staffordshire, enough is enough. Well done Councillors.
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Wallowing in my own filth is fine , its everyone elses i object too ,..how about we put it in your backyard and you can breath the air and see if you like it then
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Should stop letting so many people into the country and raise awareness of people over-populating for ‘cultural’ reasons. Then we wouldn’t have to worry about waste so much. If this was Sandwell I wonder whether the people would have been listened to as much.
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