Residents upset over possible Beddington site for waste plant (From Sutton Guardian)
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Residents upset over possible Beddington site for waste plant
8:20am Thursday 17th September 2009 in News
Angry residents are questioning the council’s choice of three sites in the borough to potentially house a waste management plant.
Beddington residents are unhappy that three Sutton sites were listed by planning officers to potentially house an incinerator, as part of an agreement between Sutton, Croydon, Merton and Kingston Councils – the South London Waste Partnership.
About 150 people are now going to protest against the inclusion of the sites in Beddington Lane and Kimpton Industrial Estate on the list of 28 potential sites to house the partnership’s new waste plant.
Mike Dunne, who is heading the protest along with other residents, said: “Three of the sites are in our area and we have known about this for a month now. We are not happy about this because we don’t want all the waste from other boroughs to be coming to Sutton.
“We’re planning to hold another meeting soon to discuss this issue and get support against these plans.”
In July, the Sutton Guardian revealed the partnership’s plans to build an incinerator in one of the four boroughs, which will cost close to £919m and include facilities to handle radioactive waste, clinical waste and perform sludge disposal.
Croydon Council has been leading the procurement process for the controversial £1bn plan, which could see an incinerator coming to either Kingston, Croydon, Sutton or Merton.
At the time, the procurement document highlighted three possible sites for the incinerator, including Factory Lane in Croydon together with Villiers Road in Kingston and Garth Road on the border of Sutton and Merton.
However, residents are now being consulted on a total of 28 sites to choose which one may house the new waste management facilities in their area.
The consultation being carried out by Sutton Council ends on October 16.
Councillor Colin Hall, executive member for environment on Sutton Council, said: “No decision has been made on where new waste and recycling facilities will go in either Sutton, Merton, Kingston or Croydon, and no decision has been made on what type of facilities they will be.
“We are currently consulting with residents across the four boroughs on a list of potential sites. I urge people to make their views known through the consultation.”
Comments(4)
Shasha Khan
says...
8:38pm Fri 18 Sep 09
www.stoptheincinerat
or.co.uk
johnny allan
says...
9:14pm Sun 20 Sep 09
The Viridor Recycling Centre (VRC) and the Land West of Beddington Lane Adjacent to Existing Waste Management Facilities (LWBL), should NOT be considered in relation to the South London Waste Plan. The VRC (which will no longer exist in 2023), is on land which is earmarked for a major urban nature reserve and part of the Beddington Farmlands (BF), which is a designated Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation and a potential SSSI. The VRC is already having a detrimental effect on the locally, regionally and nationally important bird species which breed at and use the site.
The LWBL, which is Metropolitan Open Land, plays an integral part in ensuring that the important bird species on the rest of BF survive. These species use the whole of BF including the LWBL
I would draw your attention to the Conservation Management Plan for BF:
The objective of the Conservation Management Plan is to retain the important breeding populations on site through the development at BF. Several of the species are unlikely to re-colonise if lost from the site. The most important species were selected as target species that are monitored during the course of the development. Since the development, one species (Yellow Wagtail), has been lost, two have not bred since 2005 (Redshank and Little Ringed Plover), two show large declines (Sedge Warbler, Reed Bunting), one that has declined in the last two years (Tree Sparrow), leaving only two that are faring reasonably well (Lapwing and Reed Warbler). All will be lost should further disturbance occur.
I would remind the London Borough of Sutton of their responsibility to fully carry out their obligations with regard to the Conservation Management Plan.
Please share our vision for a major urban nature reserve at Beddington Farmlands.
www.beddingtonfarmla
nds.org.uk
Johnny Allan
Michael Ryan
says...
8:55pm Sat 3 Oct 09
More on incinerators at www.ukhr.org where you can see Health Protection Agency's written admission that they've not examined rates of illness or premature deaths at electoral ward level around any incinerator.
New Cross ward had highest death rate out of 625 London electoral wards for the five-year period 1999-2003 when standardised mortality ratio (SMR) for deaths under 85 years, from all causes, was 161. New Cross is home to SELCHP incinerator.
The Japanese examined infant death rates around incinerators & found:
"Our study shows a peak-decline in risk with distance from the municipal solid waste incinerators for infant deaths and infant deaths with all congenital malformations combined."
J Epidemiol. 2004 May;14(3):83-93.
Links
Risk of adverse reproductive outcomes associated with proximity to municipal solid waste incinerators with high dioxin emission levels in Japan.
Tango T, Fujita T, Tanihata T, Minowa M, Doi Y, Kato N, Kunikane S, Uchiyama I, Tanaka M, Uehata T.
Department of Technology Assessment and Biostatistics, National Institute of Public Health, Wako, Saitama, Japan.
BACKGROUND: Great public concern about health effects of dioxins emitted from municipal solid waste incinerators has increased in Japan. This paper investigates the association of adverse reproductive outcomes with maternal residential proximity to municipal solid waste incinerators.
Kind regards,
Michael Ryan.
Shrewsbury
Libby Ralsuck says...
1:18pm Fri 18 Sep 09
And then presumably you'll ignore the residents and let them build it anyway (as usual), undoubtedly funding it out of our council tax. I notice Tom BBrake and Paul Burstowe have done their usual sweet FA about it, presumably no one's waved a camera about yet.