Campaigners in a Scottish community have set up their own recycling company in a bid to prove their town does not need an incinerator. A protest group from Invergordon, Ross-Shire, have set up a community company to look for new ideas on tackling the area’s waste and advancing recycling.
The group, known as ‘Invergordon Incinerator No to Waste’, has been campaigning against plans for a £43m waste incinerator which were launched by Combined Power and Heat last August. The proposals were rejected by Highland Council but the Scottish Government Reporter upheald an appeal against the decision in May.
Taking a new direction but continuing their fight, the protest group has now formed a community company known as Icare (Invergordon Community Action for Recycling and the Environment). A small group of the original protesters have volunteered to act as the organisation’s directors and the company is becoming a development trust.
Icare director Tina McCaffery said the group have formed the new company in order to encourage residents to reduce, reuse and recycle and to prove Invergordon does not need an incinerator. She added that they have the public’s support to develop and tackle the waste produced in the local area.
The company will be looking to minimise the packaging of consumables as well as collect waste from businesses and individuals in the area. First, however, they need to acquire a suitable site for their recycling resource park and a van to collect the rubbish. The official launch of Icare takes place in the community this weekend.
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