DEBRA BROUGHTON
NO Incineration in South Africa
I have been made aware through groundWork, Friends of
the Earth, South Africa, that the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs
and Tourism will be deliberating the National Environmental Management: Waste
Management Bill.
I congratulate the South African government for taking this step in the right
direction to ensure that South African citizens have a right to 'an environment
that is not harmful to their health and well-being'. We believe, however, that
for so long as incineration is contemplated in the Bill, the government will be
falling short on this constitutional commitment.
Incineration has been implicated around the world as having a negative effect
on the health of those who live and work nearby. In
At present the cement industry is pushing to bum waste as fuel in their plants
across
I do not believe that a waste act that allows incineration can properly protect
the health of South Africans, and ask you to explicitly prohibit the
incineration of any and all waste in the National Environmental Management:
Waste Management Bill.
Yours faithfully
Name
Debra Broughton
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