As news of a High Court decision to allow the building of a waste incinerator on Portland broke, the Stop Portland Incinerator Campaign (SPIC) have vowed to fight on to ensure it never gets built.
SPIC were also responding to news that Powerfuel Portland have applied to the Environment Agency to broaden the ‘fuel’ allowed for burning. This, the campaigners say, could now include industrial waste from chemical processes, building waste from contaminated sites and waste from water treatment processes.
SPIC says that a public meeting for the community to discuss next steps will take place on Thursday 20th November at Portland Social Club in High Street, Portland DT5 1JQ.
The campaign believes that there is great appetite to find ways to resist the project, despite the final legal avenue having been closed. SPIC says they have received many suggestions of possible next actions, from establishing scientific air quality monitoring, to peaceful direct action and further mass protests.
The campaign group say they will aim to ensure that potential investors in the incinerator are clear that the local community is united and vehemently opposed to the project.
Etienne Stott, a Portland resident said; “Of course I’m gutted to hear the decision, but I know for sure that many people around here have no intention of throwing in the towel. Powerfuel Portland’s incinerator is a threat to my health and a cloud over my future, so I intend to do everything I can to make sure I never have to breathe even one breath of this filthy incinerator’s pollution into my lungs.”
