Bilsthorpe R.A.G.E (Residents against Gasification Experiment)
GAP Plumbing & Heating come from a former mining village in the north of Nottinghamshire. Bilsthorpe is a pleasant village in the heart of the countryside, but someone, somewhere has decided that Bilsthorpe will be the target for any eyesore, pong, experiment, noise etc. that is proposed for the locality. The village has already had the landfill and the wind turbines and now the latest proposal for this countryside village is a multi-million pound incinerator or, as the developers Peel Environmental refer to it, a Gasification Experiment to be constructed on the former colliery site.
Peel Environmental states that the incinerator will provide 46 jobs. Locals believe that this promise of jobs is simply to win favour with the planners, that the jobs will not be offered to the people of Bilsthorpe, but an experienced workforce will be brought in from other areas.
The residents of Bilsthorpe are understandably extremely concerned and have formed an action group called R.A.G.E (Residents against Gasification Experiment) www.bilsthorpe.com. R.A.G.E have decided to hold regular meetings to prepare a campaign to bring the community of Bilsthorpe and surrounding villages together to oppose the incinerator. The proposed incinerator will have 200 foot chimneys with the fumes and gases travelling much further, affecting towns and villages in a wide radius.
Local representatives Mark Spencer MP, Cllr Bruce Laughton and Cllr John Peck are totally opposed to this plant being built in Bilsthorpe.
R.A.G.E is totally opposed to the Gasification Experiment. Why?
The increased risk of cancer and respiratory disease through exposure to mercury and dioxins. These toxins are persistent and bioaccumulative, they resist breakdown in the environment and are concentrated in the food chain.
The waste gasification adds both directly and indirectly to the build-up of greenhouse gasses in the earth’s atmosphere.
Many of the materials that provide the best fuel for a gasification facility are the sorts of things most easily reused, recycled and composted. This facility takes us in the wrong direction requiring us to feed it 120,000 tonnes of waste annually.
The next R.A.G.E meeting is on Thursday, 23rd January 2014 at 1845 in the St John Ambulance building on Eakring Road, Bilsthorpe. If you live in the locality, you support is welcomed.
THE COST OF A LEAKING TAP OR OVERFLOW
by Unknown - 20:09 on 20 January 2014
THE COST OF A DRIPPING TAP
A leaky tap wastes at least 5,500 litres of water a year, that is enough water to fill a paddling pool every week for the whole summer. It could cost you over £18 per year.
A survey carried out by Homeserve Insurance found that 15% of people with a leaky tap failed to fix it and 1 person in 10 didn’t repair it for a month.
As well as the extra cost involved, a dripping tap will waste a huge amount of water:
Another problem could come from overflows, these are pipes that come out the side of buildings that sometimes shoot out water. Overflows only come into use when there is a faulty piece of equipment, creating an excess of water. The overflow allows the excess to drain off outside the house. If this is allowed to continue a huge amount of water and money is wasted.
If you have a dripping tap or a leaky overflow, call GAP Plumbing & Heating Ltd. Get it fixed and avoid wastage of water and of money.
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