Bilsthorpe R.A.G.E (Residents against Gasification Experiment)
GAP Plumbing & Heating come from a former mining village in the north of Nottinghamshire. Bilsthorpe is a pleasant village in the heart of the countryside, but someone, somewhere has decided that Bilsthorpe will be the target for any eyesore, pong, experiment, noise etc. that is proposed for the locality. The village has already had the landfill and the wind turbines and now the latest proposal for this countryside village is a multi-million pound incinerator or, as the developers Peel Environmental refer to it, a Gasification Experiment to be constructed on the former colliery site.
Peel Environmental states that the incinerator will provide 46 jobs. Locals believe that this promise of jobs is simply to win favour with the planners, that the jobs will not be offered to the people of Bilsthorpe, but an experienced workforce will be brought in from other areas.
The residents of Bilsthorpe are understandably extremely concerned and have formed an action group called R.A.G.E (Residents against Gasification Experiment) www.bilsthorpe.com. R.A.G.E have decided to hold regular meetings to prepare a campaign to bring the community of Bilsthorpe and surrounding villages together to oppose the incinerator. The proposed incinerator will have 200 foot chimneys with the fumes and gases travelling much further, affecting towns and villages in a wide radius.
Local representatives Mark Spencer MP, Cllr Bruce Laughton and Cllr John Peck are totally opposed to this plant being built in Bilsthorpe.
R.A.G.E is totally opposed to the Gasification Experiment. Why?
The increased risk of cancer and respiratory disease through exposure to mercury and dioxins. These toxins are persistent and bioaccumulative, they resist breakdown in the environment and are concentrated in the food chain.
The waste gasification adds both directly and indirectly to the build-up of greenhouse gasses in the earth’s atmosphere.
Many of the materials that provide the best fuel for a gasification facility are the sorts of things most easily reused, recycled and composted. This facility takes us in the wrong direction requiring us to feed it 120,000 tonnes of waste annually.
The next R.A.G.E meeting is on Thursday, 23rd January 2014 at 1845 in the St John Ambulance building on Eakring Road, Bilsthorpe. If you live in the locality, you support is welcomed.
Green Deal Installer
by Unknown - 10:28 on 23 April 2014
GAP Plumbing and Heating Ltd are now accredited Green Deal installers.
This means we can now quote for your new heating system under Green Deal. Green Deal is a government backed finance scheme, This means you'll have nothing to pay upfront for your new heating system and all re-payments will be less than what you'll save on energy bills through having a high efficiency gas boiler.
Getting a new boiler through Green Deal is easy, use the 'REQUEST A QUOTE' page and let us know that you'd like a new Green Deal boiler and we will arrange for an assessor to come to your house. Once the assessment has been done we can do the paperwork and then come and install your new boiler and heating controls.
The Green Deal finance is attached to the house where the boiler is installed and not to you personally.
THE GOLDEN RULE: THE REPAYMENTS WILL NEVER BE MORE THAN WHAT YOU SAVE ON ENERGY BILLS.
Why to have a new boiler through Green Deal
You'll get a high efficiency boiler for lower energy bills.
Your new boiler will come with warrenty and guarentee.
You'll have a more attractive boiler that is easier to work.
Upgrade your old inefficient system to a new combi system.
Your repayments will be less than what you will save on bills.
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