06/03/06   Nottingham Evening Post  'Incinerator Plans Battle'

Environmental campaigners against landfill and incineration sites were presenting a petition to the city council today.

Nail - Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill - is calling on the council to reject plans to expand the Eastcroft incinerator.

Since the Waste Recycling Group announced plans to expand the site, NAIL campaigners have collected almost 3,000 signatures against the development.

NAIL spokesman Jon Beresford said: "We want our elected council to oppose the expansion of the highly polluting, unnecessary incinerator.

"The council should be treating our waste as a valuable resource that should be recycled to save pollution and conserve the earth's dwindling resources.

"If we maximised recycling and composting there would be no need for the two incinerators, let alone this expansion."

Council officers are preparing a report before a final decision by the planning committee.