Seanad debates
Thursday, 6 March 2003
Local Government Bill 2003: Committee Stage.
The Green Party is seeking a judicial review on decisions relating to thermal treatment and incineration plants while the entire Green Party movement throughout Europe supports the plan. It supports it because it recognises that properly managed functioning systems at the high end of technology is what is needed, instead of destroying the environment. We know that people are currently burning their rubbish in the garden and all over farms. I have stated publicly – no one has refuted it – that if the six incinerators for municipal waste were in place and functioning tomorrow, they would deliver less than 2% of total dioxins in the atmosphere on an annual basis. The fact is that bonfire night emits 100 times more dioxins into the atmosphere than six incinerators combined in 12 months. We must try to get the public to understand what we are talking about and eliminate the hogwash, nonsense and misleading information. I do not propose to change something that is well tested and working extremely well.
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