James Wild MP comments on direction to pause decisions on permits for incineration sites
Commenting on the Direction issued by Defra to the Environment Agency to pause temporarily decisions on permits for new incineration facilities, James Wild MP for North West Norfolk said:
“The Direction from Defra to the Environment Agency ordering a pause on decisions on environmental permits for new waste incineration facilities is very welcome. When we have legally binding targets to halve the amount of residual waste going to landfill or incineration and existing incinerator capacity, the Wisbech project should not go ahead.
“Last month I met the Minister and expressed the strong opposition locally to this project. While planning permission was very disappointingly granted, without an environmental permit the project can’t proceed.
I will continue to make representations to the Defra team considering the role of further waste incineration.”
