 Greenpeace hangs its banner from the occupied plant at Chineham |
That message came today from the pressure group's toxics campaigner, Mark Strutt, although the site's owner Onyx has instigated eviction proceedings against the group.
Protesters arrived early yesterday (Monday) morning as part of a day of action against incineration.
The campaign group has also advocated mechanical biological treatment (MBT) to handle Hampshire’s residual waste.
Keith Riley, managing director of Onyx’s southern region, said today at the Institute of Wastes Management conference in Torbay, that it had taken “six or seven hours to get an eviction order”.
Mr Riley added: “I think it is well known that Hampshire has one of the highest recycling rates in the country and we are due to compost 70,000-80,000 tonnes next year.”
Mr Strutt, speaking from the occupied plant which is under construction, told letsrecycle.com that 25%, “is nothing more than a start. 75% would be a good deal and there is a lot more to do.”
He said that Hampshire is failing to compost kitchen waste.
The solution to residuals, suggested Mr Strutt, was the use of mechanical biological treatments. He said that this process would still produce some recyclables and would also generate a “compost-like material”.
Local people spoken to be letsrecycle.com appeared relatively unconcerned by construction of the plant, which is about 1km from homes.
One resident said: “We used to get ash from the old plant falling on our cars. I wonder whether we would get that from the new one.”
Mr Strutt said that the protest was supported by groups from around the UK, including Essex, Hull and Derby.
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