Contact details.
Name / Organisation Name: Chineham Parish Council
Direct Contact:
K. Ross Mrs. (Clerk)
(if submitting on behalf of an organisation)
Address: PO Box 6275
Basingstoke
Hants
RG22 4WJ
Email:clerk@chineham.gov.uk
Phone: 01256474500
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Physical Environment (incl. biodiversity, coast, landscape)[Deadline 25th April]
Infrastructure (incl. transport) [Deadline 23rd May]
Wellbeing and society [Deadline 20th June]
Economy [Deadline 1st August]
Other [1st August]
Please note deadlines for evidence submission, evidence on each category must be
submitted prior to deadline. If you are unsure which category to submit your
evidence under please email: climate.commission@hants.gov.uk or telephone 01962
846828
Detail of Evidence:
The current waste strategy for Hampshire (project Integra) uses incineration on three
sites to convert non recycled or composted waste into ash residue, hazardous ash
residue and airborne emissions.
Carbon Dioxide and other “greenhouse” gases are the largest tonnage of material
emitted by the process. The IPPC (Operator’s Licence application) by Hampshire
Waste (Violia) for the Northeast Hampshire Site quotes an optimistic figure of 75,000
tonnes per annum. This would scale to a total of 350,000 tonnes for all of Hampshire,
from its 3 plants.
Electricity is produced from the heat generated in the act of burning the waste.
However the incineration plant is not as efficient at producing this as UK power
stations. Typically 14% thermal efficiency vs. 35% for modern power stations. This is
therefore a net contribution of more Greenhouse gas than necessary.
Burning unsorted waste is burning / generating more Greenhouse gas than could be
achieved when analysis of the waste stream is made. Currently Hampshire is very
restrictive on the types of plastics that are acceptable for recycling as commercial
markets have not been found for all ‘recycle’ marked packaging. Food trays, plastic
film and yoghurt pots are a prime example of plastic that is being destroyed by
incineration.
Burning material that is organic carbon based will at least be from “loosely”
sustainable sources and so is currently acceptable in modern Government thinking.
However to burn all this plastic that is from fossil fuel and so not replaceable is
simply adding to the Greenhouse gas burden that is now recognised as seriously
contributing to Global warming.
The solution would be to sort this non-recyclable plastic in the existing Waste Sorting
Centers and then safely compact and bale and store in landfill. Being inert or biomass
it will not cause any issues of pollution such that in years to come we might be able to
find markets to recover this. The extra cost of landfill via Government tax may well
be possible to negotiate down given the “ green approach “ that would lead to
Hampshire County Council being seen to be proactive regarding a real reduction in
Global Warming.
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