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Cameron's green credentials at risk, say campaigners
Campaigners from the four Friends of the Earth groups in Oxfordshire
have written to David Cameron, MP for Witney, asking him to oppose
burning the future household waste from his constituents in an
incinerator. Campaigners believe that if the Conservative controlled
Oxfordshire County Council opt for incinerating Oxfordshire's waste
then it will damage the environmental credentials of the Tory leader.
The campaigner's letter includes a
research report summary showing that incineration is more damaging in
terms of climate change than other forms of waste treatment.
In January 2007 Oxfordshire County Council is expected to tender for
its future waste treatment contract by placing an advert in the
Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) - three months later than
was expected. There is no preferred waste treatment technology.
Bidders will be selected in April 2007. Documents from the County
Council show that in its survey of companies considering bidding for
the waste contract then most preferred incineration as their solution.
Andrew Wood, Waste and Recycling Campaigner for Oxford Friends of the
Earth, said:
“The Conservative controlled County Council risks blowing a massive
hole in the carefully crafted environmental credentials of Tory
leader David Cameron if they choose incineration. Research shows that
alternative waste treatments which do not require burning Oxfordshire's
waste in an incinerator have fewer climate change impacts. The
environment should be a top priority for the County Council”.
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