Flies, rats and offers of hush money - the price of living next to a ‘monster’ incinerator
“We have been inundated with flies, rats, smell, noise. It's just been horrendous,” says Mandy Royle, who lives in the closest home to the UK’s biggest #waste incinerator at Runcorn in Cheshire.
The facility generates electricity from burning nearly a million tonnes of household #rubbish every year - but much of that waste doesn't come from Ms Royle's local area. Like many #incinerators, deliveries come from hundreds of miles away.
BBC analysis suggests the burden of the UK's waste is disproportionately falling on deprived areas such as Runcorn, which are 10 times more likely to have an #EnergyFromWaste incinerator in their midst than in the wealthiest areas.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwylepd79d5o