Useful Documents
Maps of the affected area and the proposed landfill extension are available here.
Documents gathered by campaigners which will contribute to letter writing and framing the official objection, as well as helping us all to be better informed about the issues.
To post a document on this page, send it here - it would be useful if you include a few lines describing the content of the document (as below).
A number of people have asked me why I became involved so here is a short article to explain why I have joined the campaign, which also restates the main grounds for our objection to the landfill application. - Lindsay Perks
Don't Fall Fowl of the Wildlife Law - advice on legislation re wildlife and destruction/ disturbance of habitats. - Andrew Cowan N.D.Arb for ArborEcology
Friends of the Earth call for action to reduce the use of landfill - following British Medical Journal Report on birth defects in babies born within 2Km of landfill sites - Friends of the Earth
Press release dated 2nd September 05, announcing Lindsay Perks OBE as the Chair of the Notolandfill Campaign Group. - The Campaign Group
Disturbing stuff about the health effects of overhead power lines, particularly on young children. The landfill proposal will involve the movement of power lines; there is some evidence that this may be happening already. Pat is looking into this and as soon as we know, you will. - Pat Nicol
Information on wildlife (flora and fauna) sighted around the Backworth "C" pit area in recent years with examples of relevant legislation and brief case studies. - Anon
The non-technical version of the SITA environmental statement produced by Axis.This is quite a large document and will take time to download, even on a broadband connection. If you intend to refer to it frequently, you could save it to your own machine once it's downloaded. To view it you will need the Adobe Acrobat reader, which you can get here... - Axis
Quotes taken from the Environmental Statement which, in SITA's own words, provide a strong argument against their proposal. - Rob Clennell
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