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    NB Gerard the Cardiff anti-incinerator action Archived Message

    Posted by Ian M on September 6, 2020, 8:54 am, in reply to "XR Rebel Daily #4"

    Greeny environmentalists finally waking up to the issue!

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    Serving Up Hot Garbage

    SEP 4 | Viridor Incinerator, Cardiff

    Don’t burn these wooden babies, they can be reused, reduced and recycled.

    A group of local residents and XR members blockaded the entrance to a Viridor incinerator in the Splott area of Cardiff. With the strength of arm locks and the power of samba music they repelled lorry-loads of rubbish, drawing attention to socially and environmentally criminal plans for a new £150m incinerator in the east of the city.

    The plant would produce around 2 tonnes of CO2 for every tonne of plastic burned and bring more heavy vehicles to swell the city’s packed roads. Cardiff residents already endure the fourth-worst air quality in the UK, relative to the city’s size. These incinerators are often built in low-income areas; local residents will pay for the toxic fumes from both the plant and the ensuing heavy traffic with their health.

    ‘We’ve got the whole world in our hands’

    The proposals fall well out of line with the Welsh Government’s 2019 plan to improve air quality and shouldn’t even be considered. So far 3 Cardiff MPs have spoken out against these crazy plans.

    When police arrived late-morning, no arrests were made. This is the latest action in a campaign organised by hundreds of affected and outraged residents.

    One of those residents, Catherine McArther, shared her frustration: “This incinerator will be situated just 700 metres from Eastern High School where my children go to school and we are outraged. The World Health Organisation advises that incinerators should not be built in residential areas, let alone next to a school …

    What future is there if your postcode automatically puts you at risk by the air you breathe?”

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