The east of Cardiff is likely to end up with 3 waste incinerators within a close distance to schools and homes in the area of Splott, Tremorfa, and Pengam Green.
The health of the residence of Rover Way is at risk due to the Cardiff Council’s plan to renew the building of a wood-burning biomass incinerator in the area.
The decision of the Council seems controversial as they are committed to achieving net-zero by 2030.
Gareth Ludkin, the joint coordinator of Friends of the Earth Cardiff, has expressed his concerns regarding the matter: “Biomass is a false net-zero solution which has been challenged for a number of years due to carbon accounting loopholes used by the European Union and UK Government to justify the industry.”
Gareth is also quite concerned about the well-being of the local residents. “Rover Way is already a highly polluted and industrialized area due to the Celsa Steel works and other industrial work. Planning policy encourages the development of these areas for industry rather than habitation so it is deeply concerning that some of the most disenfranchised in our society are forced to exist next to these sites of industry and pollution.”
We know that there is a systemic problem in this country with the most disadvantaged in our society suffering unequally to other communities with sites of pollution and manufacturing more likely to be built in the areas they live. This plant is another example of disadvantaged communities suffering first.
Gareth Ludkin
However, Friends of the Earth Cardiff firmly believe that: “Wales has an opportunity to be at the forefront of progressive green renewable technologies which means rejecting regressive energy production methods such as energy from waste and wood-burning biomass.”
If you want to help and receive more information visit: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/reject-planning-permission-for-a-wood-burning-biomass-plant-in-splott-cardiff