However, despite the council spokesman saying that while an incinerator was an option, no site had ever been identified or discussed for such a facility, I have no doubt that it would have been built on the Welbeck site, just as it's odds-on that the MBT plant will be built there – but at least an MBT plant will be infinitely more environmentally friendly than an incinerator.
I understand that it was a close call between MBT and incineration, so, as it was a public consultation, I trust that the council will provide a breakdown of the results – especially as we, the public, have paid for the consultation. I would be particularly interested to know just how many letters of objection to incineration Coun Box (leader of Wakefield Council) received outside of the council's own consultation methods, as, to my knowledge at least, no mention of such letters has so far been made by the council to the media. I believe several thousand were submitted.
I would like to take the opportunity to thank Paul Dainton, president of Rats (Residents Against Toxic Scheme), and all the members and supporters who have worked tirelessly over the years to protect the local environment when all the so-called 'responsible' bodies appear for so long now to have been hell-bent on making Normanton the waste dump of West Yorkshire and beyond without the slightest consideration for those who actually live in the area. However, thanks to the dogged determination of the stalwart members of Rats and Nest (Normanton Environmental Society Together) many people will now be able to live in a less polluted environment. Having said that, one can only hope that when it comes to the delivery of the MBT system common sense within Wakefield Council will again prevail in this matter with the council choosing a competent partner rather than one which attracts enforcement notices like flies to an inadequately managed waste tip!
James Morris
Drury Lane,
Upper Altofts, Normanton