Say No To Green Lane Incinerator AKA Green Lane Eco Park

Last Friday (August 27th 2010) a toddler was injured by a Viridor RCV.

“Police were called to an incident shortly after 1pm at Huddersfield Road in Denshaw, at its junction with Rippendon Road, following reports of a collision.

The vehicle, according to the police report, collided with two year-old Thomas Wilshaw, who was in his pram. The boy suffered head injuries as a result and was taken to Oldham Royal Hospital before being transferred to Manchester Children’s Hospital.”

Adding 160 Heavy Duty RCVs to the roads surrounding Green Lane brings a significant risk to pedestrians in the area. We maintain that the roundabout at the top of Canal Bank is not suitable for HGVs to traverse, and that access to the site hinders safe movement of such vehicles.  There have been several accidents on Green Lane in this and subsequent years.

We gratefully request that Salford Council reject this proposal.. Do not put our children at risk.  Our hearts and  thoughts go out to the family of Thomas, we pray a full and speedy recovery.

A Recycling Plant has caught fire in Horwich, Bolton.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-11135547

It’s taken several hours for fire engines to take control of the fire, causing serious to disruption in the area.  This continues to consolidate Eccles Residents concerns regarding possible incidents from the proposed Sky MRF plant.  The Sky plant is proposed to be  50 metres from a children’s park and only the width of the motorway lies between the plant and local houses.

Earlier this year the HSE launched an initiative to help organisations improve the safety of MRF plants. There have been an unusually high amount of deaths surrounding these plants prompting the HSE’s action: http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=17555

The Sky proposal presents many risks to local business and residents, the only sensible response to the application is refusal

Today saw the deadline for objections to the Sky applications come and go.

We have had an enormous response to our requests for people to object.  We are still awaiting confirmation on the final numbers, but members of the campaign delivered a batch of around 250 objection letters to the Planning Department today, along with a group objection document.  We are also aware that there have been a significant amount of people who have personally sent their own objections in to the Council. The receptionist at the Council office  estimated that the number of objections already received was in the hundreds.

Detailed objections were also received from local businesses and Hazel Blears MP.  We would like to thank the shops on Monton Rd for assisting with the objections and also the campaign members who pounded the streets posting the letters and getting signatures.

So what next?  If you have missed the deadline or have only become aware of the applications in recent days. Please continue to send your objections in.  Do this online while still possible, or via email.  If those two routes fail, try taking your objection down to Emerson House in Eccles.  Objections may still be accepted if they are presented within a reasonable time-frame.  Keep those objections rolling in.  Watch this space for further news of next steps in the campaign.

Lets Recycle have covered the current status of the Energos Plant in the Isle of Wight:

http://www.letsrecycle.com/do/ecco.py/view_item?listid=37&listcatid=217&listitemid=55988&section=waste_management

This is the only commissioned Energos plant in the UK. Since it was launched last year it has repeatedly failed to operated effectively, continually breaching EU limits which control emissions. The Environment Agency have mandated that a re-start plan be initiated that ensures that dioxins stay below the threshold set by the EU.

Local residents have started to express concerns related to dioxins and health risks.  According to representatives from Energos at the Monton’s December consultations, if the plants experience issues, the 180 ft tower can be used as a dump valve to release any pressure in the incineration chamber.   This would include any gases present. Although the Isle of Wight plant is in a non-residential area, emissions can carry for several miles. The Monton site is in the centre of a heavily populated area and next door to a Chlidren’s park and houses, failures may have more significant impact.

Map of Isle of Wight plant (bulding in the centre):

Energos Isle of Wight Plant (Centre Building) - Not 50m from Children's Park.

Here is Phils Letter:

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We were also covered in this article:

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The online petition makes a valueable addition to our cause. Please sign it.  Although the petition is worthwhile, be aware that it is more important to send a personal objection letter.  If you can do both, this would be great.

Here’s how:

Someone is Telling Porkies

As seen through-out  Sky Properties’ approach to the residents of Salford,  they continue to place little value on the communities concerns or health. While refering to residents as “Human Receptors”, they state in their application’s Non-Technical Summary that locals will be subjected to  “educational techniques”.

The only educational techniques we are interested in are the one’s where Sky provides accurate information and reveals all the facts, which they have failed to do so far. Sky’s reporting of facts as they see them continues to be from another planet.

Here is the Non-Technical Summary document included with the application:

Non-Technical Summary

This paints a very rosy picture of what is proposed and continues to roll out the same tired messages.  I think my favourite quote is “the perceived image of the proposed waste facilities on the local communities can be deemed as not being a major concern”. 1500 people on Facebook, several thousand petition signatures and a serious amount of objection letters will beg to differ.

Earth to Sky Properties, prepare to have your application abducted and dissected. Every paragraph, sentence and word will be challenged. Please stop insulting the intelligence of the “Human Receptors” in Salford.