In the 20th century our society thought in terms of ‘waste management’.

‘How do we get rid of our waste efficiently with minimum damage to our health and our environment?’

In the 21st century we now recognise that this is a question of RESOURCE mamagement.

‘How do we handle our discarded resources in ways which do not deprive future generations of some, if not all, of their value?’

In the 20th century, the key question was SAFETY.

In the 21st century, the key question which we all have to engage with is SUSTAINABILITY.

It’s good to see the protesters pointing out that we need ALL waste moving in a circle.

Incineration is a dead-end.

As Dr Paul Connett, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Chemistry at St Lawrence University, USA, said at his talk on incineration in Shrewsbury School on March 27th 2009,

‘Waste is the evidence that we are doing something wrong.

Landfill buries the evidence.

Incineration burns the evidence.

We need to face the real problem… over-consumption.’

Let’s hope the politicians are listening.

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we must protest against this terrible long term contract which gives bad value for money for the tax payer and is dangerous for health and the environment

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pfi is a outdated failed idea of gordon browns = the government could get capital from the bond market for councils to build their own waste treatment facilities and unburden us all of years of high council tax – browns failure economically is highlighted by the level of credit cards, the fact that this has extended even to local government who are normally so conservative with finances says it all, you cannot have everything, even if its on hire purchase you will end up paying, shropshire tax payers face higher bills for 27 years because of the poor decision taken to sign a PFI contract – shame on them all

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