Poor Recycling Facilities in Cork - Why?

by maire - C.H.A.S.E. Wed Sep 02, 2015 01:38

Indaver who promised they would respect the democratic decision in 2011 if they were refused planning and walk away, are intending to apply once again after a continuous contentious engagement of 15 years with Cork Harbour communities, who have spend almost half a million to stop an incinerator being built on a flooding and eroding site with a gaspipe alongside for good measure

Hundreds of millions of tax payers money and private funds is at risk of being wasted by Indaver's insistence and obsession with a totally unsuitable site purchased before the area now know as the Irish Marine energy research cluster (IMERC) was built upon. Now that area which is 25 meters across a road from the site is densely populated as it houses the National Maritime college (NMCI, the Beaufort Institute, which brings together UCC, CIT and the Irish Navy.

Indaver have always tried to direct our waste policy but ignoring the fact that now the location of a commercial incinerator makes no sense whatsoever, as it would not be centrally located to serve the new region of waste management.

We the public have educated ourselves in the sustainable ways of dealing with our waste in the last 15 years and the creation of thousands of jobs in recycling is a testimony to this.

by Rational Ecologist. Thu Sep 03, 2015 16:15

Most of the time what we recycle is just dumped or processed elsewhere on the planet, usually by very poor people. Paper, aluminium and so on are probably worth recycling, as is glass, most plastics; however, are a very different matter.
Reduce and reuse are far more important and take precedence on the tri-hierarchy. Don't buy crap. Most of the time-except in the cases referred to above-recycling is glorified dumping.
The argument against Indaver is based on location, planning and infrastructure. It is insanity to even consider it as a location-and that is the opinion of many who are pro incineration.
7.4 billion consumers on the planet and nowhere to put our detritus!!!!!

by Rational Ecologist. Thu Sep 03, 2015 16:18

The Proposed incinerator was supposed to be a national hazardous waste facility, and not a municipal one. Therefore, talk of recycling on a personal level is not the issue.

by maire - C.H.A.S.E. Thu Sep 03, 2015 17:16

Incineration, that is burning, produces hazardous waste all by itself - ash -toxic and emissions, Sensitivity must be shown to communities who have concerns regarding their health, their safety, and their environment.
The experiences of communities around the country to date has led to genuine concerns about their ability to have their views taken into account when it comes to their protection.

The Strategic Infrastructural Act, rushed in during the Celtic Tiger era for fast planning, gives little protection to communities, who may have to deal with planning application after planning application, after planning application for a site that was judged not to be viable for a waste facility in the first place-(planning applications by Indaver, three in last 15 years for the same site.)

This is the situation in Ringaskiddy, where millions of tax payers money has been spent on an area within yards of the proposed incinerator site which Indaver's bought before any of the facilities were built, and which are now up and running. The National Maritime College of Ireland, the Beaufort Institute linking UCC and DIT and IMERC research center . HQ of Navy already existed.

The future plans for this area could never include a private commercial incinerator, how hard is that for John Ahern to accept. He could have saved Indaver and the Cork Harbour communities a lot of money if he had chosen an appropriate site, or moved on.
No means no. !!