A public exhibition about Horsham\u2019s proposed new waste\nincinerator, is due to be held on Saturday 22 April 10.30am to 3.30pm at\nTanbridge House School, Farthings Hill, Guildford Road, Horsham RH12\n1SR. The exhibition provides the first opportunity in more than\n5 years for the public to engage directly with the owners, constructors and\noperators of the proposed incinerator, about this life-changing project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project has been controversial from the outset, with much public opposition, and was only approved on appeal after a public inquiry. It has now been revealed the incinerator will burn more waste than originally suggested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Community Group Ni4H (No Incinerator for Horsham)\nconsider it ironic that the exhibition coincides with the Big One, a massive,\npeaceful mobilisation for climate justice and action, involving 70+\norganisations in London that same weekend. Incinerators are known major\nemitters of greenhouse gases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Planning\nInspector who chaired the Public Inquiry stated \u201cIt is estimated that around\n50,000 tonnes per annum would be recycled with the remaining 180,000 tonnes per\nannum of residual waste being combusted \u2026\u201d However, Qair, the new owners, now\nsay that \u201calthough the estimate of 50,000 tonnes per annum of recycling was the\nintended original purpose of the overall scheme, the project will receive up to\n230,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste to be processed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An Ni4H (No\nIncinerator 4 Horsham Community Group) spokesperson commented that: \u201cIt is\ndisappointing that it is intended to burn more waste in the proposed\nincinerator, with around 25% of the waste left as ash at the end of the process,\na portion of which is classified as hazardous. Also, despite being called\n\u2018energy from waste\u2019, we fear that the proposed incinerator is unlikely to be in\nthe right location for it to be economically viable for the heat it generates\nto be used\u201d, Ni4H added that: \u201cwe have discovered that West Sussex County\nCouncil is in the process of reletting the contract for the transport and\ndisposal of Refused Derived Fuel created at the BIFFA MBT plant adjacent to the\nproposed incinerator site and will be interested to see who gets the contract.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UKWIN\n(United Kingdom Without Incineration Network) said: \u201cIt is time for those\ninvesting in waste burners to realise that the age of incineration is over. The\nera of local councils taking on all the feedstock and legislative risk is long\ngone, and the prospect for new plants is not particularly rosy. With falling\nquantities of residual waste and emerging proposals for the ‘polluter pays’\nprinciple finally being applied to the fossil CO2 emissions through the UK\nEmissions Trading Scheme, the prospect of new plants becoming ‘stranded assets’\nis greater than ever. Government measures such as consistent collections,\nExtended Producer Responsibility and the plastic packaging tax make clear that\ninvestment should be directed towards the top tiers of the waste hierarchy, not\non exacerbating incineration overcapacity.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Key Conservative MPs, whose constituencies are impacted by incinerators, including Horsham MP, Jeremy Quin, are being encouraged to demand the fiscal disincentivising of so-called Energy from Waste plants, by calling for Incineration Tax legislation similar to the current Landfill Tax. An Incineration Tax would encourage more sustainable alternatives of waste management that can help prevent emissions of greenhouse gases and reduce pollutants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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