Morgan rejects incinerator quango
Sinn Féin's Environment spokesperson has described the call by
the Institution of Engineers for a National Waste Management
Authority as ``an ill-disguised attempt to stop communities using
their voice and local democracy''.
Louth County Councillor Arthur Morgan, who won a High Court
judicial review last week of his local authority's controversial
acceptance of the North East Waste Management Plan, said: ``This
is an attempt by the Institution to force incinerators through
the back door. Yes, we do need a national waste management
strategy - for the whole of Ireland - but what the Institution
seems to be proposing is a Government-appointed quango to impose
incinerators against the wishes of the people.''
Morgan noted the inclusion of ``cost effective'' among the
Institution's criteria for dealing with waste management. ``Does
the Institute value everything in terms of cash or in terms of
cost to people's health, the air that we breathe and the cost to
the environment our children will inherit?'' he asked.
``The Institute claims it wants to work closely with industry and
community and environmental groups. That is what many of us are
doing. Is their real objection that we won't roll over and
accept the big business option of incineration?''
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