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Incinerator in Rathcoole, Co. Dublin

  • 30-06-2008 8:39pm
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    olaola
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    Doesn't really seem to be that much in the news about this!
    But a company called Energy Answers have applied for PP to build a 365k tonne/year incinerator in Rathcoole, Co. Dublin.

    The local residents have a website: www.rathcooleincinerator.org

    This should be of interest to those here, as the 'fallout zone' from this site will stretch as far as Arklow and as North as Drogheda. And it will affect not only those who live in the immediate area, but those who live up to 60km away.


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    akkadian
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    olaola wrote: »
    Doesn't really seem to be that much in the news about this!
    But a company called Energy Answers have applied for PP to build a 365k tonne/year incinerator in Rathcoole, Co. Dublin.

    The local residents have a website: www.rathcooleincinerator.org

    This should be of interest to those here, as the 'fallout zone' from this site will stretch as far as Arklow and as North as Drogheda. And it will affect not only those who live in the immediate area, but those who live up to 60km away.

    The waste itself can be harvested as a fuel to supply a plant with energy. This has been documented.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtS6K43np9o

    It's called thermal depolymerization. They failed in the 70's because it wasn't efficient.

    Now, it's very efficient. It's the perfect replacement for the incinerator - totally closed loop - nothing is wasted, no, and I mean no... pollution.

    The correct term 'biproduct' is a reality.

    The state needs to commission the building of such a plant. AFAIK, the technology is in the public domain now. I fully believe the state has a responsibility to bring something like this in if it can't be done by Irish engineers.


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