Join Barnet Green Party’s day of action on Saturday when we will be campaigning in Coppetts Ward to highlight the threat posed by the North London Waste Authority’s plans for a mammoth rubbish squashing plant at Pinkham Way in Friern Barnet.

In you can help, come to our stall outside the Co-op in Woodhouse Road, Friern Barnet, any time from 10am.We would like to leaflet the whole of the ward if possible.

The NLWA will resubmit its plan in May, after the London elections.

Labour and Conservative councillors on the authority don’t want Pinkham Way plans discussed during the election campaign.

We do!

Voting Green in May is the only way to be sure of voting against the polluting eyesore.

Green research shows that the plant could be an enormous white elephant. If total rubbish collected in North London continues to fall as it has done over the past four years the Pinkham Way MBT could be completely unneeded by 2016, meaning the NLWA might have to bring in rubbish from other areas to keep it operating.

Barnet Greens have also submitted 38 proposals for Barnet, Enfield and Haringey boroughs to improve their waste reduction, re-use and recycling operations, showing how the total volume of waste could fall more sharply even than current trends.

The NLWA is not expecting to reach a recycling rate of 50 percent before 2020 but many other municipalities have proven that a 50 percent rate can be achieved very quickly with the right systems.

Contact: Andrew.Newby@barnetgreenparty.co.uk