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Anti-incineration dance outside County Hall Sixteen
young people
in costumes made from rubbish performed an
anti-incineration dance outside the entrance to County Hall, Oxford on
5 April against the backdrop of a large banner reading 'Incineration -
what a rubbish idea!'. Councillors, Oxford Friends the Earth and
supporters provided an audience.Sixteen dancers, age 11-15, from Oxford Youth Dance will performed the dance, called 'Up in Smoke', outside the entrance to County Hall. The young people danced to express their concern that Oxfordshire County Council may burn Oxfordshire's rubbish in an incinerator as part of its future waste strategy. A petition, in the form of signed 'No incineration' postcards, collected by Oxford Friends of the Earth, was presented to the full Council meeting later the same day. Josie Furness,a spokesperson from Oxford Friends of the Earth said:  "Many people have expressed their opposition to burning our rubbish in an incinerator by signing petitions or sending 'No incineration' postcards to the Council. It's fantastic that young people are using a creative medium like dance to express their concern. Burning rubbish in an incinerator is a waste of valuable resources which should be reused or recovered and recycled." In response to the dance, the County Council issuead a press release reiterating that no decision had yet been taken about the future of waste disposal.
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