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		STIFLE STOP THE INCINERATOR FOULING LAND AT ERNESETTLE  (PLYMOUTH)
The actual site is the field behind the one the horses are in

   STIFLE are holding a social and fund-raising gig with local musician, Jill Cole (who is generously giving all proceeds to the campaign) at the Parkway Social Club, Ernesettle Lane, on Friday 12 June 2009 from 8.00 pm.  Admission by ticket - just £2.50 from the Parkway or telephone (01752) 362978.  Join us for a fun evening and meet fellow STIFLE supporters.

Alison Seabeck, MP for Devonport, presented the 800 signature petition against the use of the Ernesettle site for the incinerator, in the House of Commons on Monday 11 May. 

Geraldine Lane, Chair of STIFLE, attended the Westminster Energy, Environment and Transport Forum Keynote Seminar - 21st Century Waste - Corporate and Community Responsibility on 20 March 2009.  Read Geraldine's feedback.  (This is a pdf file - if you don't have Adobe Acrobat you can download it free from the Adobe website.)


STIFLE held a very successful public meeting on Saturday 24 January 2009 in the Parkway Social Club, Ernesettle Lane with Alison Seabeck MP for Plymouth Devonport and Colin Breed MP for South East Cornwall.  We send a big thank you to about 300 people from both sides of the Tamar who came to show their support!  See the media reports from the Herald, BBC Spotlight, Plymouth Sound

Devon Waste Partnership have been granted funding by DEFRA to proceed with plans to secure a bidder for a waste management scheme for Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon.  A Government inspector has accepted Plymouth City Council's plan to offer land it owns at Ernesettle on the banks of the River Tamar as a suitable site for an incinerator. Residents on both the Plymouth and Cornish sides of the River Tamar are united in their total opposition to this scheme for many reasons:
Proximity to housing - the nearest homes will be less than 200 metres away	Stuart Lane, Joe Ellison, Colin Breed MP and Alison Seabeck MP
Adjacent to an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and county wildlife site
The location at the most westerly point of the county means very long journeys for waste; a more central location would be less-environmentally damaging
Location in a fog-prone river valley which will inhibit dispersal of the pollution
High proportion of cardiac and respiratory illness in the local population
The site was originally earmarked for a community sports facility in an area of deprivation
The site is adjacent to an armaments store
The road network is unsuitable for the heavy goods vehicles