SIR – In the Worcester News on March 21, it was reported that councillor Marcus Hart has advised residents not to burn their waste.
In the following day’s edition, Councillor Anthony Blagg was quoted in an titled, “We’re ‘taxed’ £9.8 million for rubbish”
which suggested “we need”
the proposed incinerator at Hartlebury, which would burn huge amounts of waste and cause the problems that coun Hart describes.
At a time when Worcestershire County Council is making cuts of £100 million to public services, why do they intend to increase the cost of the waste budget to fund an incinerator which could cost over £1 billion?
On March 21 the Gloucestershire incinerator plans were unanimously thrown out by councillors.
As the chairman of a local parish council said at the meeting: “There are much cheaper options than this incinerator... residents are fearful for their health and their children’s health. The incinerator is not needed.It is a white elephant.”
MATTHEW JENKINS
Worcester Green Party
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