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Should Belfast build a £300 million waste burning factory? There is a live proposal to build this incinerator on the foreshore of Belfast Lough. It was recently voted down by a narrow margin (1 vote) of Belfast City council, but the new minister for the environment (flat earther) Edwin Poots, has signalled that he is minded to overturn this decision and go ahead with the build.
Friends of the Earth along with Greenpeace and many other environmental groups are opposed to the plan. I am too, believing that it is a disincentive to recycling and re-use, apart from other reasons to do with toxicity, legacy and safety.
My main thought is this: Would this large amount of money not be better deployed building a decent light rail system?
We have been told that we cannot have a tram system, because there is not the money, yet I see 300 million here. Add that to the 250 million (?) allocated for the crap, unwanted bendy buses and you have the makings of the tram solution.
Get the French, Germans, Spanish or Dutch to build it, to ensure that it works properly, and leave Belfast with a positive investment for the future, instead of a toxic factory of death.
Friends of the Earth along with Greenpeace and many other environmental groups are opposed to the plan. I am too, believing that it is a disincentive to recycling and re-use, apart from other reasons to do with toxicity, legacy and safety.
My main thought is this: Would this large amount of money not be better deployed building a decent light rail system?
We have been told that we cannot have a tram system, because there is not the money, yet I see 300 million here. Add that to the 250 million (?) allocated for the crap, unwanted bendy buses and you have the makings of the tram solution.
Get the French, Germans, Spanish or Dutch to build it, to ensure that it works properly, and leave Belfast with a positive investment for the future, instead of a toxic factory of death.