incineration

Greenpeace volunteers defy bailiffs

Last edited 27 February 2002 at 9:00am
27 February, 2002
In the tipping hall at SELCHP

In the tipping hall at SELCHP

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Interview with Mark Strutt

Last edited 26 February 2002 at 9:00am
Greenpeace volunteer climber Mark Strutt on chimney at SELCHP

Greenpeace volunteer climber Mark Strutt on chimney at SELCHP

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Liberal Democrats support Greenpeace 'wake up call'

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Inside the tipping hall at SELCHP incinerator

Inside the tipping hall at SELCHP incinerator

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Find out if there's an incinerator in your area

Last edited 25 February 2002 at 9:00am
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27 February, 2002

A list of incinerators in the UK, including proposed incinerators. 

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SELCHP media briefing

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SELCHP incinerator - a risk to human health

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SELCHP / ONYX media briefing

Last edited 25 February 2002 at 9:00am
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27 February, 2002

ONYX the company behind SELCHP incinerator

Onyx, the owner of SELCHP incinerator (South London Combined Heat and Power), is the waste division of the French multi-national Vivendi. Onyx had a revenue of 5.2 billion euros in 2000, approximately 60% of which was generated from industrial contracts. The company operates waste collection, processing and disposal services in Europe, the US and the Asia Pacific region. Onyx currently operates 83 incinerators around the world and plans to expand into India and Taiwan.

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We shut down Britain's 'flagship' waste incinerator in South London...

Last edited 25 February 2002 at 9:00am
SELCH incinerator: climber arrested...for nearly four days, to protect our children from cancer.


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A crack squad of specialist bailiffs forced their way through our barricades and up the chimney, cutting their way through the chimney hatch with a circular saw at 9.45 am yesterday.

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Greenpeace volunteers shut down Britain's 'flagship' rubbish incinerator

Last edited 25 February 2002 at 9:00am
25 February, 2002

The plant that burns Blair's rubbish is putting Britain's children at risk

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European law requires less waste to be landfilled. How would you like to see this met in your area?

Last edited 24 February 2002 at 9:00am
SELCHP incineratorWhat Greenpeace says:


An incinerator does not eliminate the need for landfill. A third of what is burnt ends up as ash which has concentrated levels of pollutants in it. A further 10 - 15% can not be burnt and goes directly to landfill. The rest of the material burnt is emitted through the chimney stack in the form of extremely poisonous gases and particles. The stack is designed to spread these pollutants over a wide area but many are re-concentrated by nature and enter the food chain. Incinerators make waste less visible, but they do not solve the problem. They transform waste into pollution.

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Letter to politicians

Last edited 21 February 2002 at 9:00am
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27 February, 2002

Re: dioxin emissions from the SELCHP incinerator

I am writing to draw your attention to information that has recently come to light regarding dioxin emissions from the SELCHP incinerator in South East London. I also want to ask you for a statement of support for a safer means of waste management. The SELCHP incinerator is a major source of dioxin to air in London, even using its own reported figures. However we believe that dioxin emissions from the incinerator are consistently underreported and that it emits much more dioxin than Londoners are told.

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