A councillor campaigning for a waste incinerator has dismissed as “propaganda” concerns raised about the controversial facility.
And Lisburn and Castlereagh Alderman David Drysdale, who chairs the Arc21 waste management group behind the plan, is warning that Northern Ireland is facing a waste ‘timebomb’ as countries we export our rubbish to start closing their doors to such imports.
The DUP elected rep also hit out at how millions of pounds in public money was spent defending legal challenges to the plant which was earmarked for a site in Mallusk.
