CRACIN (Coalition for Recycling and Against Coventry Incinerator) has been formed to prevent the development of a new “Super-Incinerator” in Coventry. In addition to this we hope to raise public awareness levels of the harmful effects incinerators can cause to the environment and potentially our health. Read the latest news on the campaign.

A Super Incinerator without public consultation
The Coventry Incinerator has been in operation since 1976, burning waste derived mainly from Coventry and Solihull but also taking a significant amount from Warwickshire. If the current incinerator is left to run its course then it will be due for decommissioning in 2021. Despite this, Coventry City Council, in conjunction with Warwickshire County Council and Solihull Council, has taken advantage of £120 million of PFI credits to begin an immediate process of replacing the incinerator with a new waste plant offering a contract worth one billion pounds.

Although no commitment on the type of technology that the new waste plant will use has yet to be confirmed, it seems clear from the Council’s Outline Business Case that an incinerator is the preferred option. The proposed incinerator’s capacity will be around 45,000 tonnes bigger than the current incinerator’s capacity of 260,000 tonnes. A new incinerator funded by PFI will commit each authority’s waste strategy for the next 25 years. A large and steady flow of waste will be needed for the incinerator to burn so that contractual obligations can be met. This will undoubtedly inhibit efforts to increase recycling rates and minimise the amount of waste produced.

Incinerators emit vast amounts of climate changing gases into the air as well as other pollutants. Take action and say no to this development