“This is not a Plymouth v South Hams battle. We will all be affected no matter which shortlisted site is approved. Our strength is in combining forces and putting our feelings of frustration to more positive use by opposing incineration as one mighty force - for the sake of our health, our children, our environment and our pockets. We need to educate the local councils and put pressure on them to follow the example of the many highly populated cities in the world who are well on their way to cleanly and economically meeting their zero waste pledges - and all without a sniff of an incinerator! Sorry but incineration appears to be a quick, lazy, costly fix, and incredibly irresponsible if the advice of a world renowned expert in waste management is to be ignored. Anyone involved in making the irreversible decision of approving an incinerator anywhere in this area should dig deep into their conscience and be prepared to accept a personal responsibility for each and every element of damage it causes to lives, the environment and the economy. Throwing public money at this hot potato to make it someone else¿s problem rather than structuring a very simple clean and much cheaper regime is not intelligent and is not progress.”

“Hee hee, there's the Viridor line again, this time from 'Fiona' of Ivybridge. 'Bring it on!' Funny that the person who keeps saying this line changes their name each time. You know Viridor you really are going to have to try a little harder to disguise yourself.”

“Human quote- "The powers that be should be looking at anaerobic digesters"

Are they the latest Dr Who monster?”

“As a resident of Lee Mill I feel I have to inform everyone that contrary to popular belief we are not going to get free hot water or reduced electricity bills because Viridor have already decided this would be too costly for them, neither are they going to give us a new road, as they and the highways agency say we can cope with another 150 heavy lorries charging through the village on a daily basis! I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't more traffic on Western Road now than there was in the 60's when they decided to build the A38. I'm not a NIMBY if we have to have an incinerator carry on, but they have to improve the access to the site, the village struggles to cope with the 7000 vehicles that use the road on a daily basis at the moment. Let's face it, If they don't improve the exit from the A38 for this project they never will, and if you travel between Plymouth and Ivybridge any evening between 4 and 6 you know it doesn't take much to make the A38 resemble the biggest car park in Devon at the moment.”

“If you have any respect for your health, your environment, your children, and their children then study all the facts about incineration. Then you wouldn't wish for an incinerator anywhere in a thousand miles of your home.”

“A UNITED NATIONS waste disposal adviser has described a proposed incinerator in Lee Mill as being an "abomination".

Mmmm ... looks like PCC will go ahead then .”

“At last, sensible discussions.
Lee Mill is the IDEAL location.
Bring it on!. Hope this gets the backing from PCC.”

“The powers that be should be looking at anaerobic digesters not incinerators. Less pollution and creates power too”

“Well said Stan, Hartley. At last a few voices of pragmatic realism are creeping in to this discusion. No one in the world is more eco-concious than the Swedes, if your discription of their arrangement in Stockholm bears investigation, then lets make New England into the vanguard for a NEW ENGLAND. The problem then will be to control the production of waste(ie supurflous packaging) not the disposal. As only 60 Ivybridge NIMBYs bothered to attend last night I imagine that the remainder would be readily bought off with "free" hot water and cheaper electricity? Personal gain is a huge motivator!”

“An observation.
I visit Stockholm, Sweden, quite regularly. Stockholm has five incinerators, four on the periphery of the city and one in the centre. Here's how the Swedish do it.
All the burnable rubbish, after the recyclables have been seperated are taken to the incinerators by road, (on the sides of the lorries is "Turning your rubbish into electricity".) or in one case by ship where the rubbish is burned to produce electricity. The main by-product is hot water, which is piped into and through the city underneath the pavements, which keeps them frost free, and into the condominiums to provide central heating and hot water, and it's very cheap! If you didn't know what these structures were you wouldn't give them a second glance, and the central one, which is at the waterside, has directly opposite at a distance of 500 yards across the water, luxury flats with motor cruisers tied up alongside. Stockholm is almost seagull free because there is no guff and garbage for them to feed on, and as for the Swedish people, none are more environmentally concious than them. Take the positives, don't let sixty people hold a city and it's surrounding districts to ransom. If they were to play it right they could be handsomely compensated.”