Details here soon of how to join. The main speaker was Keith Collins of Ecologika who has supported the campaign in Byker and gave a moving and frightening talk about the health impact of incinerators. All the candidates for Central Constituency were invited to explain what they would do to reduce the health impact of the incinerator and improve waste minimisation, reuse and recycling. Only the Green Party and the Socialist Alliance turned up, the others did not send apologies, but Impact read out their policies. The Labour Party support incineration and are planning to build 170 new incinerators around the country, yet they have recently signed an international treaty to stop the emissions of dioxins because they are so lethal.
All incinerators produce dioxins.
The Conservatives want a moratorium on new incinerators and believe that people who live near incinerators should be compensated. The Liberal Democrats say that incineration should only be used as a last resort. The Green Party are opposed to incineration and have a full programme of alternatives to minimise waste and reuse and recycle it. They were concerned by the privarisation of the incinerator and the lack of accountability that Onyx would have to the people of Sheffield. The Socialist Alliance wanted the incinerator closed down.