Green activists will be laying a wreath at a controversial incinerator in a bid to highlight the health concerns associated with it, Yourmaidstone reports.
Maidstone Green Party will be joining a convoy of caravans making their way to Allington Incinerator tomorrow as part of Climate Camp week, where the UKWIN group will be laying the wreath to make people aware of what effects the incineration has on the planet.
The Green Party, which has long campaigned against the plant in Maidstone, will meet up with the UKWIN group, which has been making its way to Kingsnorth on the Hoo peninsular this week.
The group has been stopping off at sites that have an ‘un-green’ theme along the way.
Green Party parliamentary candidate for Maidstone Stuart Jeffery said direct emissions which come from the plant in Allington are likely to be lower than those from older incinerators, but dangerous chemicals are still produced and still need disposal.
He said: "Health concerns with incineration remain unanswered and the precautionary principle should be adopted.
“Incineration is being used as an easy fix for our waste problems, and stops us addressing the real problem with our waste - that we are producing too much.
“Incineration suppresses recycling and reduction of waste at source - we have a massive waste problem in the county but burning it is the wrong way to tackle it.
The party is concerned with fly ash and grate ash, which comes as a result of incineration, saying it is a major concern to health and although it is generally sent to landfill, some will still find its way into the air.
Nitrous oxides produced by incinerators have been shown to be hazardous to health.
More than 2,000 eco-campaigners are expected to descend on Hoo this weekend for the nine-day Camp for Climate Change.
They will protest against plans to build new coal-fired units at Kingsnorth power station.
POSTED: 01/08/2008 10:40:07
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