The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. (Genesis 2:15)
In July (or perhaps before) the town of Alcora was informed that the Community of Valencia (basically the state we form a part of) had plans to construct or, at least, is approving the construction of a large trash incinerator 2 or 3 kilometers from Alcora. Since then the town has united against this proposal, which apparently has been years in the making (who knows why the townspeople weren’t informed of this before July…). In any case, one could say that the trash (industrial strength stuff—not just left over chicken bones) has to go somewhere, so why not here in Alcora? We’ve also heard the humorous logic that, given the pollution caused by the dozens of factories here, what’s a little more? All joking aside, the only positive aspect of this incinerator would be the work it brings with it, but even that would be less than would bring a recycling center.
We still don’t know all the details of this plan, but what we do know is the following:
- If the incinerator is built here, some 135,000 tons of industrial waste will be burned here each year.
- The resulting pollution from such an incinerator can cause various diseases and health problems, from cancer to congenital defects in babies.
- The pollution would not just effect the community of Alcora (its people, its land and its water) but also the surrounding towns and even the nearby city of Castellón, which happens to be downstream.
- That the Lord somehow blocks the plan to construct this incinerator.
- That the Lord gives the local and provincial leadership another solution for waste disposal.
- That the Lord will give us wisdom in our meeting the new Mayoress next week, Tuesday the 11th, so that we might be able to encourage her in her fight against this plan, as well as discuss various other issues with her.
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| Not an advertisement for Chick-fil-a, just an honest opinion. |
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