Representation by Leziate Parish Council (Leziate Parish Council)
- Date submitted
- 15 November 2022
- Submitted by
- Parish councils
The Parish Council objects to the building of the Heat and Power Facility in Wisbech for the disposal of 625,000 Tnes/yr for the following reasons: 1. Delivery of 625,600 Tnes/yr. of waste and the necessary ash disposal results in an estimated total of 30 truck movements per hour plus any staff during the working day. This represents a totally unacceptable extra burden on the local road system, especially the non duelled A47, which is already at capacity for several hours per day. 2. This project has not been requested by the local councils and therefore is likely to take input from further afield in opposition to the ‘POXIMITY PRINCIPLE’ of taking waste from the nearest areas of source. 3. Stack emissions will have an unacceptable impact on the local schools, which are located immediately downwind from the stack, before being carried into West Norfolk and on to King’s Lynn by the prevailing winds. 4. No assurances have been given with respect to the ‘BAT’ rated discharge filter specification, which by choosing carefully at a higher cost, the emissions can be significantly reduced. This is expressly true for the most harmful 2.5pm’s 5. The construction of the Incinerator results in sinking millions of pounds into a technology locking the UK into decades of garbage burning and making it harder for cash strapped local authorities to boost their composting and recycling rates. 6. With the urgent push for the reduction of emissions by 2050 this proposal would seem to be counter productive. 7. The EU is already turning away from Waste to Energy to help reach ‘Net Carbon Emissions’ by 2050