The No Sunbury Waste Incinerator Group is holding a community information session on the proposed Sunbury incinerator on Sunday 16 November at Saint Anne’s Parish Hall at 1.30pm.
The group is opposing HiQ’s Waste-to-Energy facility proposed for its Sunbury Eco Hub on Sunbury Road.
Organisers say the event will help the community stay informed about the issue.
Western Metropolitan MP David Ettershank is supporting the community group, and invited Sunbury residents to attend to find out more about the issue.
“So many local people don’t know this is happening but at the meeting you can learn about the proposal. Recycling Victoria has issued a licence to the waste company HiQ for an incinerator in Sunbury,” he said.
No Sunbury Waste Incinerator Group spokesperson Alison Medforth said the whole community was invited to come and meet the volunteers from the group and learn why they want to keep Sunbury incinerator free at the family-friendly event.
“Denmark is closing a third of its 26 incinerators, while Victoria is running headlong towards waste incineration, issuing 11 licences for incinerators in the suburbs – the other Australian states combined only had plans for seven incinerators,” she said.
“We do not want waste incineration in Sunbury or anywhere in the state and to make it clear that there is no social licence for this, we say, no.”
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