Covanta EfW Incinerator

Main Points

The Main building would be roughly the height of the Cardington hangers!
The chimney stack(s) would be approx twice the height of the brickworks chimneys
The building would be right against the railway line at the edge of the Country Park – it will be visible from every part of this wonderful amenity used by so many families and their children
Covanta’s own initial suggestion of vehicle movements was 300 lorries and 150 cars. This has since been amended to 900 vehicle movements a day (450 lorries) – arriving and departing between 5am and 11pm 6 days a week and 7 days a week on Bank Holiday weekends
Covanta’s own literature says that their catchment area would be Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and then potentially Milton Keynes, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Windsor and Maidenhead.

Please Click Here to download the booklet that accompanied the second round of exhibitions (caution large file)

Diagram shows how big the proposed Covanta Incinerator will be in comparison with other buildings.
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Side View – approx measurements

Size chart of Covanta Incinerator proposal

View from Forest Centre – Original Curved Form
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Based on pictures supplied in Community Liason Meeting 3 Handout

How this will impact on you, your family and our local villages

1. A lack of clarity about what will come out of an incinerator’s chimney/s and long term health implications – the experts always tell you it’s safe at the beginning! Covanta has been running a number of Energy from Waste plants in the US for some years but Private Eye’s issue 1248 states that they have “been repeatedly fined over toxic emissions” and have been “issued citations ….for breaking fire safety rules”.

2. The permanent loss of night sky with severe light pollution from a site operating 24/7.

3. The permanent loss of a uniquely quiet area with the site operating 24/7.

4. Incinerators generate a TOXIC waste called Fly Ash. Will this then be moved off site to licensed landfill sites for such waste? By road through local villages? Or is there then a second development of part of Rookery Pit South to become a licensed site for landfill of hazardous waste? Which then takes in hazardous waste from other locations, by road, through our villages?

5. The negative impact on a newly created Country Park.

6. The new A421 was designed to cope with existing traffic problems and some elements of growth in Bedford Borough. The volume of lorry and associated traffic for a large scale industrial area will be beyond the capacity of the road.

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What You Can Do

1. Sign either the on-line petition by Clicking Here or the paper petition which can be accessed at the following locations in Marston Moreteyne: Ingle and Caves Butchers, Marston Fish and Chip Shop and Marston Club.

2. Display Anti-Covanta/Incinerator Posters in and around your property

3. Talk to your neighbours and distribute the up-to-date information leaflet and ask them to sign the petition

Click Here to Download Anti-Covanta/Incinerator Posters and Latest Information Leaflet

4. Sign up for regular email updates by Clicking Here and completing the form

If you experienced any problems registering with the IPC during the registration period- please complete the following poll .

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Click Here to view MMAG’s submission re the Local Impact Report

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Additional Information – MMAG Pages

Covanta Proposal – News Updates

MMAG’s IPC Registration Submission

MMAG’s Local Impact Report Submission