GENERAL CRITICISMS
*Not one mention of health issues - no reference to DIOXINS in over 120 pages. (previous Strategy Report glosses over the issue)
*No mention of how the toxic ash will be handled (again the previous Strategy Report glosses over the issue)
*Very sketchy details on economic forecasts.
*Even though recycling is cheapest, it was written off as not being able to meet the national targets, despite the fact that many places in the world are surpassing those targets!
*Traffic in the vicinity of the incinerator will be huge - 184,000 + 60,000 = 224,000 tonnes p.a.- at least 10,000 lorry journeys per annum. The same holds true for the landfills.
*One of the worst problems in landfills is the leachate created by organic material such as food waste. 100% of this waste must be kept out of landfills to make them safe.

OUR CONCLUSIONS
*The Connacht Draft Waste Management Plan is an attempt to stampede the people of the West into accepting an incinerator in or near Galway City.
*The alternative is NOT 2 or 3 more big landfills.
*The consultants have acted irresponsibly in totally ignoring the health effects of large-scale incineration.
*The economic arguments as presented are totally inadequate.
*Why can't we try to re-cycle at least 50% of our waste over a 5-year period - and then re-examine the situation?
*No waste management plan without independent health survey.