Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Waste Incineration Facilities - Feb 11
Wednesday, 12 February 2020 07:54
Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North) (Con): ...I regret to
have to rehearse the issue we face in Romsey and Southampton North,
where American conglomerate Wheelabrator seeks to build a massive,
industrial-scale incinerator the size of Battersea power station in
the Hampshire countryside. Billed by the applicants as a green
waste-to-energy scheme, locally there are serious doubts that a
proposal such as this can ever be green. So enormous is the
development that it is to be determined...Request free trial
(Romsey and Southampton North)
(Con): ...I regret to have to rehearse the issue we face in Romsey
and Southampton North, where American conglomerate Wheelabrator
seeks to build a massive, industrial-scale incinerator the size of
Battersea power station in the Hampshire countryside. Billed by the
applicants as a green waste-to-energy scheme, locally there are
serious doubts that a proposal such as this can ever be green. So
enormous is the development that it is to be determined by the
Secretary of State—it is classified as a nationally significant
infrastructure project—rather than by the local waste and minerals
authority, Hampshire County Council or the local
borough council, Test Valley Borough Council. I commend both those
councils for being resolute in their opposition to it...
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