NORTHWICH residents concerned about plans to build an incinerator in Middlewich are being invited to have their say on a new online poll.
The Guardian wants hundreds of people to cast their vote on the proposed ‘Energy-from-waste’ plant, capable of burning 370,000 tonnes of waste a year.
Covanta says the incinerator will make the percentage of Cheshire waste sent to landfill plummet from 70 per cent to four per cent.
In June, Covanta’s managing director Malcolm Chiltern also said that the incinerator will ‘have no impact on human health in Middlewich’.
But CHAIN campaigners say the incinerator will cause 'health risks for generations', prompt traffic chaos with an estimated 300 lorries a day and cause house prices to plummet by up to 25 per cent.
Covanta’s opponents also think that the large incinerator that was recently approved for Ince Marshes, 12 miles from Middlewich, means that another waste plant is not needed in the area.
To have your say, visit middlewichguardian.co.uk
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