Representation by Richard Morrish
- Date submitted
- 14 October 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I oppose this incinerator and I oppose incineration as an environmentally acceptable and sustainable way to process waste. We have been through this whole process in King's Lynn and the community firmly rejected it. King's Lynn and environs will effectively be downwind of this facility - so the same objections regarding air quality, health and the environment are relevant. If this facility was built it would set back moving to the appropriate long term solutions for waste management - which are: removing materials that are difficult to recycle from the waste stream (eg many types of plastic should be banned from packaging); composting putrescibles; separating and extracting recyclable materials from the waste stream and supporting recycling industries; Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! These processes have been shown to produce more jobs and greater economic benefit. An incinerator will hamper the development of these necessary alternatives whilst blighting Wisbech, polluting the setting and offering little or no benefit to the economy in the long term.