Waste incineration is outdated and benefits no-one but company

As partners for the past 11 years of the Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment, we were relieved at the decision of Indaver to abandon its legal challenge to An Bord Pleanála’s planning refusal for their incinerators at Ringaskiddy.

Alas, our relief was short-lived as this company, insultingly disregarding the 30,000 people in Cork who objected to its plans, now intends to submit yet another application for the same site.

The plain fact, clearly demonstrated at the public hearings, is that waste incineration is outdated and benefits no-one but the incinerator company. Every aspect of it carries a high cost to us.