HAI; Hatfield Against Incineration

Hertfordshire County Council proposes to build a 350,000 tonnes per year incinerator to burn waste. On April 28^th 2011 they decided to go ahead with this plan, despite all the opposition that has been expressed, both to incineration as a method of dealing with waste, and to the use of New Barnfield in South Hatfield as a site for waste treatment. They are negotiating a contract with Veolia Environmental Services to build an incinerator at New Barnfield and to run it for twenty five years.

The proposed incinerator would deal with a minimum of 180,000 tonnes of domestic waste from the county, and Veolia would make up the shortfall with commercial and industrial waste brought in from anywhere.