Representation by Norman Turner
- Date submitted
- 15 August 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
As I understand it the intention is to store mixed waste on this site until it can be burnt. I’m objecting on the grounds the the waste is mostly of an unknown nature and will be decomposing on site. I will smell and possibly have a dangerous discharge. There is the noise pollution. In our village we are already disturbed at night with waste being delivered to the nearby waste tip. This will increase massively with this proposal. I’ve worked many years in industry as an electrician, I know of no system that can be as full proof as this proposal describes. All systems fail that’s a fact. They will not be able to control the effluent and the noise. They mention sealed containers. They only seal when new. Today as a write this there are two waste fires in this town. On two different waste recycling companies. Toxic fume are being released into the atmosphere as I speak. This is plastic waste mostly so the toxins are very dangerous. Also very difficult to extinguish. The last waste fire in this town, only last year took a week to extinguish. So this proposal hopes to store hundreds of tons of very flammable waste within 2 hundred yards of my home. So I’m objecting to that. I’m intending to use The Fucashima disaster as an example of failed control. The Japanese go the extra mile, it was a very modern site, it was run very well by a country known for its high tech. It had time to prepare after the initial event. The reactors were scrammed, and shut down. But they still blew their tops and polluted many square miles of land and sea. It’s an extream example I know, but a perfect example of a catastrophic failure they were unable to control. With all their tech. Our village is to close to this for safety.