Hammersmith and Fulham Friends of the Earth

		Hammersmith and Fulham Friends of the Earth

Local Campaigns Waste, Real Food, Transport, Climate, Living World Resources Local Recycling Facilities, Links, Local Real Food Directory, Minutes Waste Links Reduce your business waste and save money Local anti-incinerator campaign Main Waste page Links to other Sites Up in smoke (PDF† format - 287K) Oct 2003 This colour leaflet provides an introduction to why Friends of the Earth opposes incineration of mixed municipal waste and offers solutions for dealing wih our rubbish. For paper copies visit the online Publications catalogue's free resources section.		Local anti-incinerator campaign Cory Environmental Limited (our current waste disposal agency) have had messages of opposition from the GLA (Greater London Authority), residents, councillors and the local MP for a new incinerator to be build in Belvedere. This is the third time in 12 years that the residents of Belvedere have faced a proposal for an incinerator If built, the incinerator would be the biggest in the UK with a capacity to deal with over 800,000 tonnes of waste per year. MOREOVER, THE INCINERATOR WOULD BURN WASTE FROM THE WEST LONDON BOROUGHS OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA, HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM, LAMBETH AND WANDSWORTH The Strategy Unit estimated in their report, "Waste Not, Want Not", that over 50 per cent. of household waste sent to landfill sites or incinerated in England could be diverted from incineration or landfill through home composting and recycling on the basis of current best practice. More information on the Belevedere incinerator proposal and the action being undertaken to oppose it can be found on the web at http://www.badair.org.uk/ Results of public enquiry are being awaited.