incinerators

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Would you support one if was being built,seems to be a lot of n.i.m.b.y objections to it but yet during the good times we built houses and shopping centers in flood risk areas without a care in the world,i know that's a bad comparison but shows the mentality we had during the boom.

My understanding is a lot of irish rubbish gets sent abroad to so for sake of few jobs in incinerating we rather object to it,my understanding the lucrative waste collection would get a serious kick in the arse if an incinerator was eventually built,im not sure what the legal standing at moment of the pool beg one.

Love to hear views of those for and against.

phasers

put it in roscommon, nobody would notice

smokedeels

Xzavier Itchy Chip wrote: »

seems to be a lot of n.i.m.b.y objections

That's the only objection I hear from people, and no... it wouldn't bother me.

Then again, I don't own a house and have concerns about it's price plummeting.

mikemac

Put it in Dublin.
If they want the water from our Shannon the least they can do is take our rubbish

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Someone's taken ownership of the Shannon...??

Trevor451

Totally against. I don't want to get lung cancer tyvm

maglite

Ignorance and NIMBY.

I would like one out the country, but Industrial areas, ports, etc all gravy

Thatnastyboy

Irish peoples knowledge of incinerators is terrible. I'm pro incinerators, but in saying that I wouldn't like one IMBY, but they have to go in someones back yard, feck it, better than landfill or exporting it.


An incinerator does considerably less damage to the invironment than landfill, and the damage it does, IMO is countered by the electricity produced from the destruction of the waste, not to mention the district heating prospects, which also in turn reduces our needs for burning fossil fuels (coal and peat fired power plants anyone?? - why burn natural resources when we can burn our waste?)

I dont think it is widely known but, there are district heating pipes ready in place in strategic parts of our capital, ready and waiting for the incinerator that now seems like it's not to be built.

District heating is municipal hot water, meaning apartments and houses can connect to the system much like gas and other services, which means you won't need a boiler etc to heat your home. (If you are lucky enough to live near the services obviously)

I reckon it would be cheaper also, it's done in a good few parts of England, and works great!