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INCINERATOR 'CHARM' CLAIM
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20 June 2006
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Campaigners have accused a waste firm of mounting
a charm offensive on councillors just weeks before they decide on plans
to expand an incinerator.
City councillors are to consider Waste Recycling Group's application to
expand the Eastcroft incinerator, off London Road, at a meeting on July
19.
The £50m plans would allow the plant to burn an extra 100,000 tonnes of
waste a year on top of its current 150,000.
Lobby group Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill (Nail) has
criticised WRG for sending a letter to city councillors, reminding them
of the importance of incineration in national waste policy and offering
a tour around the Eastcroft plant.
The firm has broken no planning rules with the letter but campaigners
have criticised its timing, so close to a decision.
But the vice-chairman of the city's development committee, Coun Ian
Malcolm, said both sides were lobbying hard over it. He has declined the
firm's invitation. WRG says it has always had an open invitation for
councillors to visit the plant.
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