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The aim of HOTI is
to defeat the proposals to build an incinerator at Saltend.
To do this, we
aim:
1.
To raise awareness of the proposal, the issues involved and the
consequences for Hull and Holderness
2.
To get the proposals turned down at both the Hull and East Riding
Councils’ Planning Committees
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3.
To get the proposals turned down at any subsequent public enquiry
4.
To maintain a civilised, well informed and honest campaign
5.
To engage and involve as many local people as possible
It was been agreed
that HOTI should be a broad movement of all those opposed to the
Saltend Incinerator, whatever their views on incineration per
se.
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We recognise that
we need to reduce landfill (which releases methane – a powerful
and damaging green house gas) and deal with our waste. However
questions remain about incineration in general and the Saltend
location in particular.
Why are the
specialist environmental doctors at the Society of Ecological
Medicine (December 2005) convinced that incinerators should no
longer be built because of health concerns?
What will be the
transport impacts of moving 240,000 tonnes of waste by road?
HOTI calculates there will be more than 25,000 return journeys,
i.e. more than 50,000 separate truck movements into and out of
Saltend every year.
HOTI will continue
to ask questions and make sure that the concerns of Hull and
Holderness are heard.
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