Residents of Bath, Ontario, Canada have established a website to help coordinate their fight against Lafarge Canada’s plan to incinerate tires in its 34-year-old cement kiln. The company claims that there will be no toxic emissions as a result of their energy-saving initiative. People who live downwind from the plant have their doubts.
It appears that the Ontario government has given the green light to the project, with the proviso that air quality studies be done when incineration begins later this year. The Clean Air Bath group wants a preliminary Environmental Assessment completed before any burning of tires takes place. There is some concern about reports that other Lafarge plants engaged in the burning of tires have caused significant deterioration of air quality in affected communities.
Watch this site for developments: http://www.cleanairbath.com/
It appears that the Ontario government has given the green light to the project, with the proviso that air quality studies be done when incineration begins later this year. The Clean Air Bath group wants a preliminary Environmental Assessment completed before any burning of tires takes place. There is some concern about reports that other Lafarge plants engaged in the burning of tires have caused significant deterioration of air quality in affected communities.
Watch this site for developments: http://www.cleanairbath.com/
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