Protesters say council's £25m waste plant bill is 'insulting to taxpayers'

“Deloitte - the contract writers - were fined £750,000 for mis-selling, in the UK. Wonders will never cease”

“they even shut the furnityre project depriving very poor people of thimgs discarded from people with good intentions to help the less fortunate how it was run was shabby . they should have broke even .not be fully susidised if you get something for nothing and get paid for it how can you ;loose .youve only utility bills to take out as the workers were volanteers plus fuel costs now rate payers are having to pay for thr goods going to landfil and incineration .so work it out theres now a greater loss mo brains they just want the easiest way out unconcerned for the people except thierselves .bayliss is so full of himself wgatever happens he says the incinerator will be built .does that sound like he s speaking for the people of derby or himself wonder how thick his wallets bulging”

“I just have one question for councillor Useless sorry i meant councillor Bayliss and that is;
does Derby stand for.

Does
Enviromental
Recklessness
Bother
You

I think we all know the answer to that one. I was under the mis-guided notion that democratically elected council officers were done so to serve the best interests of the electorate. Two public enquiries voicing a very loud NO to the plant and its still going ahead.

It was never Britain that was broken just our political system which for some time hasn't been fit for purpose.
The only problem that really exists is how long will we tolerate it because we are rapidly approaching the point of no return

You have been warned.”

“And yet the council couldn't even find £60,000 to fund the excellent work done by Wild Derby. They forced Beverley Rhodes to take redundancy, and then bought off the Friends groups with a measly £10,000 to run things themselves. And yet they can waste millions on environmentally damaging incinerators, velodromes built on nature reserves and unnecessary refurbishments on the Council House.”

“...then there's the carbon tax to be paid, by the councils, in a few years time - millions of pounds more each year = especially since the council has been il-advised to burn all the organic mayerial in the brown bin, instead of recycling/composting it. And so creating far more than the Shank's admitted 172,000 tonnes of Carbon dioxide each year.

It was Deloitte who helped write up the contract. Interestingly, they are being taken to court on fraud charges in the US.

Derby and South Derbyshire Friends of the Earth”

“...then there's the carbon tax to be paid in a few years time - millions of pounds more each year = especially since the council has been il-advised to burn all the organic mayerial in the brown bin, instead of recycling/composting it. And so creating far more than the Shank's admitted 172,000 tonnes of Carbon dioxide each year.

It was Deloitte who helped write up the contract. Interestingly, they are being taken to court on fraud charges in the US.

Derby and South Derbyshire Friends of the Earth”

“it wont be the the incinerator legal fees that will bankrupt the city council will do that spending on things we do not need the refurbishment of the council the velodrone they could have waited till were out of the recession then they want to develope the station area what for theres already that many places closing down so who will want ofices ect that horible disgusting mauve painted ofice block off old nottingham rd took 20 years to get tenants in its a disgusting colour .bayliss just wants to be able to say in years to come lok what i did to grandchildren .he should get the place up and running then concider spending were heading for disaster he needs outing before its too late he must be due for re election soon .he tried to betray alvaston by trying to move the incinerator there they want to remember this .he wants to ruin lives and cause misery to many with cancers ect he should have his future ruined out him”

“What has not been reported in the article is not only will the city be paying more than its fair share for this project they are ALSO supplying the site ! while also having to live with the traffic and other impacts.
Worth noting that Shanks say they will also invest £130 million - which means the COUNCILS will be paying that figure aswell - (because Shanks isnt a charity so wont do something for nothng) and so we as tax payers will be paying it - thats before Shanks have even been paid to take the waste and run the plant !”

“The incineratior will bankrupt the council - Derby and Derbyshire council officers admitted, in the Outline Case to DEFRA for PFI money, that 'MBT with incineration is unaffordable'

Derby and South Derbyshire Friends of the Earth”

“My advice to the residents of Sinfin and Derby - hoodie up and burn every stage of the development, go in ten thousand strong if you have too, sometimes there is only one way to get through to these clueless non-experienced idiots.”