Minister urged to intervene in Prosiect Gwyrdd 16 Nov 2011

Eluned Parrott AM said councillors of all parties are opposing Prosiect Gwyrdd's waste incineration plan, the project is "fast unravelling" and invited the Minister to visit the Avonmouth MBT system with her to see a cheaper and better alternative. more here

Incinerator campaigners claim 'watchdog has uncovered flaws'‎

WalesOnline - Peter Law - 15th Nov 2011
The protesters want an end to waste incineration in South Wales and called on the Welsh Government to withdraw its support for Prosiect Gwyrdd. more here

Exclusive: Incinerator plan a load of rubbish
more here
Cardiff County Council's failure to notify and consult residents and businesses over a proposed waste incinerator in Splott amounts to "maladministration," the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales has concluded.

In his interim report, investigator Steffan Evans told the Cardiff Against the Incinerator (Cati) group that the Viridor plan is of "considerable importance with potentially significant environmental implications for the immediate and wider locality.
Cardiff Council are contesting this verdict, saying they met the (minimum) legal requirement on public consultation ...more here

Prosiect Gwyrdd Policy unravelling - Letter Nov 18) more here

External Advisors overspend of £156,416
REPORT OF: TREASURER TO THE PROSIECT GWYRDD JOINT COMMITTEE
2010-11 FINAL OUT-TURN

The official Prosiect Gwyrdd/Incinerator Page is way out of date so see Caerphilly County Borough Council Prosiect 'Gwyrdd' page here.
We have been trying to get the dates of the joint committee meeting in advance but have not been supplied with dates. The same applies to the joint scrutiny committee and we have no access to minutes of this either.

Jane Davidson embarrassed over Covanta.....more here

BACK STORY

Call for honest answers in incinerator battle Mar 12 2009 by Samantha Mendez, Merthyr Express..... more here

Welsh government collusion with Covanta

As news broke in Jan 2009 of secret dealing between Covanta, civil servants and local political leaders, a FoI request forced disclosure of documents (Disclosure log) showing talks and meetings between Covanta and IBW's office in the USA, starting in 2007. The boss of IBW (= International Business Wales, Note [1]) was the Business Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones, who made a trip over primarily to meet Covanta in Sept.......

Read the whole story here

Western Mail Incinerators 'could turn Wales into waste dump of world' more here

Covanta pulls out of Merthyr Tydfil £400m waste plan
BBC 24 Oct 2011 read more

Max Wallis from SWWIN said "Great news! Covanta have recognised the writing on the wall for high-cost mass-burn mega-incinerators that waste most or all of the heat.

It’s also a blow to the Welsh government’s pro-incineration policy, for they invited Covanta to Wales. Ieuan Wyn Jones (as Deputy First Minister) visited Covanta in the USA and his officials encouraged Covanta to expect 30% of the waste stream to burn and set up contacts for them...

see disclosure summary
also disclosure log
and our updated story here

Cornwall's mega-incinerator hits

the buffers - Judicial Review says no!

What happens when a Council refuses to draw up plan B?

Prosiect Gwyrdd Councils put all bets on a massive central incinerator, egged on by Welsh government grants and politicians. .. Cardiff has admitted that their fallback is to continue sending waste to Trecatti landfill, despite telling us this will incur £200 per tonne penalties. ....
Read more here

STOP PRESS 17 November

The government Minister, Eric Pickles, is to try to overturn the Cornwall incinerator Judicial Review, which found the Inquiry approval was defective, by taking it to the Appeal Court. The company SITA of course welcomed this.