http://www.lukedevlin.org/home Luke Devlin lives in Glasgow, Scotland. This is his website. Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:32:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.lukedevlin.org/home/about/comment-page-1/#comment-696 Michael Gallagher Sun, 05 Dec 2010 01:59:46 +0000 http://www.lukedevlin.org/home/?page_id=74#comment-696 Ban the burn - HAVE YOU SIGNED YET? Communities all over Scotland are backing a new petition to the Scottish Parliament, calling for a ban on waste incineration and large-scale biomass burning. People fear that proposals for 16 new incinerators, burning up to 2 million tonnes of waste each year, will pollute the environment, undermine recycling, add to global warming and destroy resources. Incinerators emit dozens of harmful chemicals. For example dioxins can disrupt the sexual and mental development of infants and cause cancer. In 2008 the Dundee incinerator was caught emitting 102 times the legal limit for dioxins. Instead of burning our waste, the Petition calls for serious investment in recycling (the Government is currently spending sweety money on this). Additionally, there are proposals for 5 very large biomass-powered generators. These would burn around 5 million tonnes of fuel annually, consisting mostly of imported virgin timber. As with waste incineration, this will produce large quantities of greenhouse gases and other pollutants. It will take at least 50 years for replacement trees to re-absorb the carbon emitted by these generators. Altogether the proposed waste incinerators and biomass burners would emit up to 11 million tonnes of CO2 each year, adding greatly to climate change. For futher information, including how to sign the petition, click here - http://www.gainscotland.org.uk/petition.shtml N.B. Signatures on the Scottish Government's e-petition website must be registered by 20 December. PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL - WE ARE SURE YOUR FRIENDS WILL WANT TO SIGN THIS IMPORTANT PETITION. Many thanks for your support !!!! Michael, Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland Ban the burn – HAVE YOU SIGNED YET?
Communities all over Scotland are backing a new petition to the Scottish Parliament, calling for a ban on waste incineration and large-scale biomass burning. People fear that proposals for 16 new incinerators, burning up to 2 million tonnes of waste each year, will pollute the environment, undermine recycling, add to global warming and destroy resources.
Incinerators emit dozens of harmful chemicals. For example dioxins can disrupt the sexual and mental development of infants and cause cancer. In 2008 the Dundee incinerator was caught emitting 102 times the legal limit for dioxins. Instead of burning our waste, the Petition calls for serious investment in recycling (the Government is currently spending sweety money on this).
Additionally, there are proposals for 5 very large biomass-powered generators. These would burn around 5 million tonnes of fuel annually, consisting mostly of imported virgin timber. As with waste incineration, this will produce large quantities of greenhouse gases and other pollutants. It will take at least 50 years for replacement trees to re-absorb the carbon emitted by these generators.
Altogether the proposed waste incinerators and biomass burners would emit up to 11 million tonnes of CO2 each year, adding greatly to climate change.
For futher information, including how to sign the petition, click here – http://www.gainscotland.org.uk/petition.shtml
N.B. Signatures on the Scottish Government’s e-petition website must be registered by 20 December.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL – WE ARE SURE YOUR FRIENDS WILL WANT TO SIGN THIS IMPORTANT PETITION.
Many thanks for your support !!!!
Michael, Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland

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