Waste Local Plan - Nottinghamshire County Council

Waste Local Plan - Nottinghamshire County Council: "The current plan is therefore based on four key objectives:

* Protecting the environment.
* The efficient use of resources.
* Controlling pollution.
* Encouraging public awareness and involvement."

Let's evaluate the above within the context of the proposed incinerator at Mansfield:

"Protecting the environment"
- Incinerator exposes environment to about 100,000 tonnes of new emissions every year, producing global warming, acid rain, photochemical smog, carcinogens, heavy metals, particulates and dust. This destroys vegetation, pollutes the land and contaminates water. Significant impacts on human health too!

"Controlling pollution"
- See above.

"Encouraging public awareness and involvement"
- There has been very little of this from Notts County Council. Indeed even Mansfield District Council expect the county council to impose their [arrogant] policy on Mansfield. We shall see...