Tayside Environmental Action Group

Council's fraudulent new Waste Management Plan - consultation events scheduled for January 2010 - see latest newsletters (click here).

Residents of Abernethy met on 21 January 2008 to hear about alternatives to incineration. 90% of those present were against the incinerator proposals. Robin Harper was one of the guest speakers (below)

Last updated: 10 September 2009

Welcome

Welcome to the homepage of the Tayside Environmental Action Group (TEAG). We are committed to helping local authorities in Tayside (Perth & Kinross, Fife and Dundee) find a genuinely sustainable method of waste management that does not involve incineration.

At the moment one of the most likely alternatives would seem to be anaerobic digestion (AD), which has been chosen by Western Isles Council, Essex Council, Manchester and Norfolk. However there are many other alternatives, which are currently being studied by DEFRA.

Perth and Kinross Council's decision to build an incinerator has been on hold while the Scottish Government reviews its waste policy. In particular, it committed itself to a 'zero waste Scotland' at the elections in May 2007. This would clearly be in contradiction with building a new incinerator, which would need to be fed rubbish for decades to come in order to make it financially viable.

In recent years several studies have been made into the health effects of incinerators. Although it has been difficult to prove a direct link, there seems to be a considerable amount of empirical evidence that the emissions from incinerators do cause considerable damage to human health.

We believe that in the light of such evidence, the precautionary principle, defined by the UN Conference on Environment and Development in the Rio Declaration as “...where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation”, should take precedence.The principle involves taking precautions now to avoid possible environmental damage or harm to human health in the future, even although the scientific basis for taking the precautions may be inconclusive. Other technologies that do not produce any toxic emissions, such as anaerobic digestion, should be considered.
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