Mur Lura
JOINT STATEMENT BY THE MINISTRIES OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH
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13/07/2001
13/07/2001
| The Ministry for the Environment and the Ministry of Health refer to the | press release issued by Greenpeace on the 13th July 2001. |
| The Waste Management Strategy referred to by | Greenpeace is a report in draft form. The public was given up to the 21st August to make its suggestions about the findings of this report. Greenpeace is also invited to make its suggestions and recommendations. |
| In its study about policy and legislative measures | the Carl Bro Report deals about incinerators and states inter alia that "with the possible exception of the abattoir waste incinerator on Gozo, none of the existing waste incinerators could be economically upgraded and will therefore be closed down as soon as new/alternative facilities are available." The replacement of these incinerators is still a subject for discussion. |
| Moreover it should be observed that when it comes to | facilities on a nation-wide basis, the Report refers to the possibility of ‘thermal treatment’ of waste (page 64 of draft report) which incidentally does not have to involve burn technology or incinerators before the year 2013 onwards. This means that as the Report indicates, work on such a facility need not start before 2011, and this will give the country ample opportunity to assess before than both the state of waste management in the country as well as the Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO) then available. |
| It is ironic that Greenpeace have held this protest | just when the tender of the incinerator at St Luke’s Hospital and its replacement by much cleaner and environmentally friendly technology is at the final stage of adjudication through Government’s Contract Committee. The Ministry of Health has already rebutted in a press release dated 28June 2001 the repeated allegations that the Minister of Health has for three times this year postponed the decision on the tender adjudication. |
| Finally it should be noted that the Stockholm | Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) does in no way ban waste incineration. |
| This proves that the protest by Greenpeace is one | more irresponsible publicity stunt which is not justified. |
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