A campaign group has launched a petition with the aim of banning new waste incinerators and revoking permits where construction has not yet begun.
WisWIN (Wisbech Without Incineration) hopes to gather 100,000 signatures so that it's petition will be considered for debate in Parliament.
Terry Wood is a member of WisWIN, which opposes the plans for an incinerator at Algores Way, Wisbech.
She said: "We are doing everything we can to try to stop mega incinerators from being built next to schools, food production areas and people’s homes.
"The extra traffic would be terrible, but above all, incinerators emit all manner of toxins, including known carcinogens, into the air, without regard for what people, especially children, are breathing in."
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The company building the incinerator, Medworth CHP Ltd, has previously said more than £300m is being invested in the project.
They also said it will create 700 jobs during the build and then 40 full-time roles when operational.
In October 2024, MVV purchased a nine-acre orchard in Wisbech as it moved towards the construction.
At the time, Paul Carey, MVV’s managing director, said: “We are working with our ecologists to develop a long-term organic management plan.
“We want to improve the hedgerows for wildlife, create new habitats instead of having a single crop growing, and allow the soil to recover and support a greater variety of native wildflower species.”
The petition comes after Fenland District Council members wrote to Government ministers, urging them to overturn the former Government’s decision to approve the Wisbech incinerator.
This followed the council losing its legal battle to halt the Medworth Energy from Waste Combined Heat and Power Facility that is planned for Algores Way, Wisbech.
A High Court judge refused the council’s application for a judicial review of the decision by Clare Coutinho MP, former Secretary of State for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, to grant the incinerator planning permission.
To sign WisWIN's petition, which has 13,000 signatures to date, visit https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/710486
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