Vuda-Saweni Waste to Energy Project
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The Fiji Labour Party strongly objects to the proposed setting up of a waste to energy incinerator at Vuda/Saweni touted as a $1.4b project to produce 80Mw green energy to go into the national grid.
Quite apart from the serious environmental and health concerns associated with it, the project if permitted to go ahead, will have highly damaging impact on two of Fiji’s main revenue earners – mineral water and tourism. Not to mention the adverse effects on our biodiversity and the ecosystem.
The purity and composition of Fiji’s underground water will likely be affected through the emission as well as seepage of toxic materials into our ground water from wastes stored and processed at the plant. There are a number of major bottling plants in the Nadi/Vuda highland areas. These are likely to face contamination of their products.
The Saweni-Vuda coastline is also earmarked as a prime tourism development zone with its pristine, unpolluted beaches, seen as among the world’s most attractive destinations.
