'Barnet Press/Enfield Gazette/Haringey Advertiser' staff yesterday, 'Barnet Times' NLWA letter, and Haringey Journal letters

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As a result of that NLWA letter, an email winged its way to the NLWA:

"In order to avoid any misunderstanding, plaese confirm the following:

1. Waste will only be received at Pinkham Way from "Barnet, western Haringey and western Enfield".
   
   Does that mean that all waste from consolidation sites (transferring from dustcarts to larger lorries) at Hornsey, and conceivably at a new facility at Hendon, will never go to Pinkham Way for processing? This implies this waste (from other boroughs) will always be driven past Pinkham Way, on its way to Edmonton.
   
   Also, since Hendon currently takes some of west London's waste (presumably from Brent and/or Harrow), please confirm that none of that will ever go to Pinkham Way either.
   
   Will you be putting your quoted statement above in your planning application? Will your statement apply for the lifetime of any contract?
 
2. The creation of incinerator fuel at Pinkham Way helps north London residents dispose of waste in a "more sustainable way".
   
   Consider the waste stream remaining, after mechanical and biological treatment at Pinkham Way to remove some recyclables and food waste. How is the burning of the materials in the residual waste "sustainable", or does the sustainabilty comment not apply to that material?
   
   Does it, for instance, contain waste that might, through better technologies and behavioural changes, be capable of recycling, such as paper and plastics, but is deliberately kept in this fuel stream, so that the calorific value is sufficiently high for the incinerator contract?
   
   Does the supply of waste at Pinkham Way and Edmonton over the next "25 to 35 years" have to be maintained at a minimum tonnage, and a particular calorific value, by the NLWA, for the avoidance of financial penalties? Will you be stating what those minmum levels will be, in your Pinkham Way planning application?
 
3. Are you satisified you can seek approval of planning permission for Pinkham Way, without it necessarily being compliant with the submission copy of the 'North London Waste Plan'?
   
   The submitted NLWP has not yet been published, consulted on, publicly examined, or approved by government.
   
   Has the NLWA carried out a risk analysis, in case you are left with a rather expensive nature reserve at Pinkham Way? Is that risk analysis in the public domain?