Fremantle Herald - LETTERS 9.8.14: UNSUSTAINABLE SURRENDER When did Fremantle council give up on sustainability? I attended the council community information evening July 29 for what was effectively an incinerator proposal somewhere in Kwinana to sustainably incinerate Fremantle’s domestic waste without spreading toxic particulates and ash over the neighbourhood! Apparently, this is now part of the Fremantle council sustainability agenda—sustainably out of sight. No strategy based on reuse, recycle, reimagine, reconstruct, redesign. Nope. Too hard. No strategy to push hard for a container deposit system in WA to link with South Australia. No strategy to extend the principle of producer responsibility to cover electronic waste—including the first wave of solar panels (yes, you can!). No requirement for a genuine sustainability assessment on incineration to consider the embedded energy of waste versus the calorific value. No consideration of resource efficiency and social impacts. Not even a real community engagement strategy to facilitate a social licence to operate. No ability for the community to provide input on suitable technology, waste management priorities, site selection criteria for new treatment plants. All in all, it would appear that in Fremantle council, sustainability is now the new Mickey Mouse…but what cute ears! by Ross Belton Bitton St, Hamilton Hill (August 8, 2014) LINK to the article: heraldonlinejournal/2014/08/08/letters-9-8-14/
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 09:22:26 +0000
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