Outline Business Case Approved 29/10/2008: Plans to submit an Outline Business Case to apply for PFI credits were approved yesterday bringing us a step closer to having a new Incinerator built in Coventry. £800,000 of taxpayers money is to be spent on this process

16/09/2008: At the Charterhouse residents group meeting last night it was unanimously agreed that any development of a new Incinerator should be opposed. It was also agreed that the group would join CRACIN. The strength of feeling at the meeting was high. People were not only concerned with the potential depreciation of the air quality from emissions made from the incinerator and heavy goods vehicles shipping the waste in but also the implications to Coventry City rate payers being burdened with a PFI contract. A PFI contact would tie us into a commitment of burning waste not just from Coventry, but also from Solihull and Warwickshire, for many years to come.

16/09/2008: The Coventry Socialist Party, who also attended the above meeting, have now officially joined the coalition and will be standing against the proposed “super-incinerator”.

16/09/2008: New opportunities are arising nationally to recycle different grades of plastic bottles rather than sending them up in smoke. Read todays report in the Guardian www.guardian.co.uk/environment

09/09/2008: Take the CRACIN Questionnaire and win Prizes. Coventry Council is carrying out a Waste Strategy Consultation which will end on November 10th 2008. Their questionnaire is available on the council website.

The council consultation does not include discussion on alternatives to waste incineration or many other vital concerns; such as whether their present plan to mix together recyclable waste (‘co-mingle’) will reduce the levels and value of recycled material. The CRACIN questionnaire provides the opportunity for Coventry residents to contribute their views on these important points.

29/08/2008: Coventry City Council Online Questionnaire
Coventry City Council have finally started the process of writing their long overdue waste strategy. In an effort to consult the public they have devised an online questionnaire. Click on the link to tell them what you think about their proposed plan to build a new and bigger incinerator in the comments box at the end of the questionnaire.

27/08/2008: Midlands Today Report on MBT See Article

08/07/2008: Letter from CRACIN campaigner, Jane Green, printed in the Coventry Evening Telegraph. See letter here