Viridor’s unlawful waste incinerator

To Cardiff South & Penarth Bye-election prospective Candidates.

Luke Nicholas,  Plaid - Dr Bablin Molik, Lib Dem - Stephen Doughty, Lab - Robert Griffiths, Communist - Craig Williams, Con - Anthony Slaughter, Green, Andrew Jordan, SLP

 Viridor’s unlawful waste incinerator

You will be disturbed like us that Viridor is proceeding with its incinerator construction without the required planning consents.  

# CATI’s objections to the ‘subsequent applications’ required to meet Conditions on the 2010 planning permission show that the consents depend on Viridor modifying its present plan.

# the Council asked Viridor to apply formally to modify the wording of one Condition, that requires remediating the site prior to commencement, but they have not done so.

# CATI maintains that a second Condition excludes the processing of incinerator ash that is hazardous waste, so prevents operation of the whole waste treatment ‘facility’

Who is to blame for the Planning Permission being badly flawed?  This question is important for the attribution of costs.  While Viridor may have reason to blame Cardiff officers over the first condition, we maintain that Viridor is to blame over the second one, for they asserted falsely that incinerator ash is inert and non-hazardous, contrary to the Environment Agency position in 2010 and now.

CATI opposes modifying the Conditions to make the planning permission consistent. The people of Cardiff and the new Council can choose instead to declare it void, taking into account Viridor’s unlawful behaviour in commencing construction work.

CATI asks you as Candidates in the Bye-election

# firstly to support our demands that

1. Cardiff Council enforce a halt to all work on the site. 

2. the planning consent granted to Viridor by the previous administration of Cardiff Council is declared null and void.

# secondly to express support for this in your electoral publicity and manifesto.

If you require more information – or better, like to meet us to clarify and discuss the issues – please get in contact. 

 Please let us know if you issue a message of support, so we can spread it via our Blog.    

Cardiff - One planet city?

WASTE Greenwash

One planet living document states 'We will be turning our waste into energy. Prosiect Gwyrdd will deal with over 40% of South Wales’ waste, turning waste which cannot be recycled or composted into both electricity for the national grid and heat, which can be used in district heating schemes'

False statment and Misleading information. No mention of the INCINERATOR word. Incineration turns waste into toxic ash and atmospheric pollutants (CO2, NOx, particulates and trace toxic metals, dioxins etc.). The approved Viridor incinerator is only 20-22% energy efficient, its heat will be wasted not used in district heating for which cardiff plans zilch.

P Gwyrdd is the most inefficient way to “deal with” municipal waste. Cardiff incontracting PG over 40% of its waste is abandoning policy to maximise recycling – accepted to be much better than incineration in resources, CO2 and ecological footprint.

Cardiff's contract to PG also disregards WG target to reduce waste to 2050 by 1.2% per person pa needed to meet the One Planet target. Cardiff's waste projections assume zero reduction in waste arisings per person, which by 2050 amounts to twice the WG's 'One Planet' waste.

The PGwyrdd Incinerator policy does not fit the 'One Planet' target for the city's municipal waste.

Abandon P Gwyrdd Incinerators