Company suspends plans for incinerators

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners last night gave a cautious welcome to a private firm’s decision to suspend plans to build waste incinerators in Co Meath and Co Cork.

Belgian-owned company Indaver blamed the Government for the decision, saying ministers failed to put in place measures to ensure waste was burned instead of being buried at landfill sites.

Campaigners welcomed the decision by Indaver but insisted the company could still go back on its latest decision and resurrect plans for the incinerators at Carranstown, Co Meath, and Ringaskiddy, Co Cork.