What a load of rubbish!

Seriously, the waste strategy that Hertfordshire is preparing to adopt is fundamentally flawed, and this is an issue that affects us all - it’s not just NIMBY objections to waste facilities in electorally inconvenient spots.

What is happening across the country, and indeed across the rest of the world, is that mass burn incineration is on its way out. It is yesterday’s technology, and is a dangerous addiction, relatively easy to take up, but very difficult to get rid of. The world of waste treatment is a rapidly changing one, and there are many new ways being found to reduce our past reliance on landfill. But not, it seems, in Hertfordshire. Read the rest of this entry.