Andrew has written a letter to the new Environment Secretary, Steve Reed MP, urging him to match the Conservatives’ manifesto commitment to ‘prevent new waste incinerators being built, including those with recent permit approvals, revoking those where substantial construction has not taken place.’
He told Environment Secretary that the waste burner planned in Westbury is hugely unpopular locally because it will produce air pollution, reduce recycling, and violate the local Air Quality Management Area. He also called on Mr. Reed to extend to England the moratorium on new incinerators already in place across Scotland and Wales.
Andrew said:
“Let's see if the new government is prepared to put a stop to new incinerators as my party committed to doing in its manifesto and as Scotland has already done.”