The Edmonton incinerator

• MARTIN Plaut’s seemingly well-researched letter on the North London Waste Authority’s new plant at Edmonton (Smokescreen of propaganda, December 2) conveniently fails to mention that Jose Manuel Entrecanales, CEO of the only remaining bidder for building of the incinerator Madrid-based Acciona, has stated that: “The massive oversizing of the [Edmonton] plant is something that is beyond our control. It’s a specific issue of the plant. About the waste-to-energy concept, you would probably agree with me that it’s a transition mechanism – maybe not in London, that is a debatable argument.”

Let us debate the argument and examine the facts before rushing to build an incinerator larger than is needed to deal with the non-recyclable rubbish.

ANTHONY STOLL, NW1