Object
Preferred Options consultation document
Representation ID: 94368
Received: 21/10/2019
Respondent: Campaigners Against Two Silica Sites
WP4 - NCC should also be planning to recover the glass from construction sites for recycling to improve the quality of cullet available for the manufacture of new flat glass. This would reduce the amount of raw material (silica sand) required to be quarried from the Norfolk countryside for use elsewhere. By not planning for this glass recovery and recycling NCC is not mitigating to reduce CO2 emissions from quarrying the extra raw minerals and the reduction of CO2 in glass manufacture from the inclusion of better quality glass cullet. In addition, NCC should also remind itself of the bullet points in para W0.8 about ensuring residents and businesses understand the importance of recycling, reuse etc, and its objective to increase the availability of waste reduction, reuse, repair and recycling centres - both of these are vital alongside an innovative glass recycling strategy as described at para W0.11, " a flexible approach to waste technologies so that innovation within the market is encouraged". WP4 fails sustainability objective SA1, SA11 and SA13 on pg 9 of the Sustainability Appraisal Report - Part A- Scoping (Oct 2015) and pgs 15-16 of Part B (Jun 2019).
WP4 - NCC should also be planning to recover the glass from construction sites for recycling to improve the quality of cullet available for the manufacture of new flat glass. This would reduce the amount of raw material (silica sand) required to be quarried from the Norfolk countryside for use elsewhere. By not planning for this glass recovery and recycling NCC is not mitigating to reduce CO2 emissions from quarrying the extra raw minerals and the reduction of CO2 in glass manufacture from the inclusion of better quality glass cullet. In addition, NCC should also remind itself of the bullet points in para W0.8 about ensuring residents and businesses understand the importance of recycling, reuse etc, and its objective to increase the availability of waste reduction, reuse, repair and recycling centres - both of these are vital alongside an innovative glass recycling strategy as described at para W0.11, " a flexible approach to waste technologies so that innovation within the market is encouraged". WP4 fails sustainability objective SA1, SA11 and SA13 on pg 9 of the Sustainability Appraisal Report - Part A- Scoping (Oct 2015) and pgs 15-16 of Part B (Jun 2019).