Incineration is not the answer

TED CROSBIE (Letters, July 14) makes the point that incineration has two principal qualities: reduction in the amount of waste going to landfill and generation of heat.

Proper separation of waste streams (not happening at present), removal of organics (60% at present to landfill), plastics and commercial and development waste, can do more to reduce waste to landfill.

This is without the added complication of producing toxic ash from incineration which must be land-filled abroad.