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Calvert incinerator protest gathers momentum
Plans for an incinerator in Calvert are facing increased opposition from local residents with more than 1,200 now having signed a Downing Street petition against the plant.
The campaign, run by local protest group Stop Aylesbury Vale Incineration (Savi), has won the backing of such influential people as Lord Rothschild and Lord Buckingham, chair of the Conservative Party in Bucks.
Although the planning application has not yet been formally submitted, the proposals have caused uproar among neighbouring
villages, including Quainton and Edgcott, with opposition
snowballing over several months.
With Bucks County Council facing tough landfill quotas, and taxes on landfill due to rise steeply next year, the council is being forced to look at other solutions for disposing of rubbish.
Savi is now planning a protest rally in Aylesbury, which is likely to be held in Kingsbury Square, on July 11.
The group has also been offered a meeting with BCC before a decision is made on the successful candidate, although a date has yet to be fixed.
In a statement, Councillor Martin Tett, cabinet member for planning and the environment, called on the campaigners to listen to both sides of the incineration argument, saying energy from waste was a tried and tested technology, filtering out almost 100 per cent of potentially harmful emissions.
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