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From a message sent by Simon Crosby to cam.misc: CamAir '95 was formed recently to oppose the granting of licenses to the Barrington Cement Works to burn hazardous waste in its cement plant. The fallout area from The Barrington Cement Works extends right over Cambridge city and surrounding villages. The Problem ------------ The Barrington Cement Works has been burning hazardous waste (industrial toxic waste, solvents, etc) for 18 months on a trial basis and has now applied for permanent licenses from HMIP which will enable it to continue operation on a permanent basis. Conveniently the government has labeled the waste as "fuel" for industrial use and has allowed trial burning on an experimental basis. It is vital that the firm is not allowed to continue with this practice. Alarmingly the firm has applied for permits which would allow it to increase the proportion of heavy metals in the waste burned, although this will not increase the energy output from the waste. The obvious conclusion is that they find it more lucrative to burn wastes which are more toxic and which industry finds it more costly and difficult to dispose of. The chief objection to the process involved is that it causes widespread dispersion of the toxic components of the "fuel", including heavy metals and dioxins. Dioxins are linked to cancer of various forms and there is no known safe exposure level. Dioxins are formed in the flue gases after combustion, and are spread widely over the fallout area. The burning of industrial solvents undermines the economic viability of the recycling industry which can recycle much of the waste. PUBLIC MEETING Mon 6 Feb ------------------------- CamAir '95 will be holding a public meeting on Monday 6th February at the Long Road Sixth Form College, at 8pm, which will be addressed by an academic from Liverpool University who is an expert in the effects of toxic waste pollution on humans, a campaigner opposed to the licencing of toxic wastes as fuel, a representative of HMIP, and a representative from the Barrington Cement Works. The meeting will be chaired by Chris Bradford, chairman of the Cambridge County Council. LOBBY YOUR MP ------------- Please try to attend the meeting. Also lobby your MP. Tell your MP that you oppose the granting of licenses to Barrington Cement Works to burn hazardous waste. Also tell your MP you oppose the government's labelling of industrial waste as fuel. If you live in Cambridge city, your MP is Anne Campbell, who will be holding an online surgery tonight between 5 and 7 p.m. Send her email at Anne.Campbell.MP@solo.pipex.com -- Simon [Simon.Crosby@cl.cam.ac.uk] [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/sac/]Click here to go back to the ECOLN home page.
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