ARE you concerned about the health risks of living near a waste incinerator? If a giant new plant is about to be built near your home, the answer may well be yes. In the UK, a government consultation exercise on waste management, launched this week, is likely to lead to a large increase in the amount that gets burnt, sparking fears of huge incinerators springing up across the nation and spewing noxious pollutants over neighbourhoods.
The protests are already under way. Plans to build Europe’s biggest incinerator on the outskirts of Peterborough in the English midlands were rejected last month…
