One of the most well-known environmental conflicts in Britain is that of Gloucester, where people have long fought against the new Javelin Park incinerator, as explained by ARGIA. Among them, in addition to denouncing environmental and health problems, they have had to make a hard effort to obtain the real documents of the contract between Urbaser and the authorities, including a hunger strike by an entrepreneur.

This and the work of the Community R4C association in the courts yielded results, at least in part, and the authorities were forced to show more parts of the incinerator’s contract. Thus, in early 2019 the inhabitants of Gloucester met with a bitter surprise: Following the announcement of the incinerator’s contract, Javelin Park announced that the cost of these would be £100 million more expensive than has been stated so far, 30% more.

Despite this, the project has been followed by the Gloucestershire County authorities and the multinational Urbaser and the Javelin Park furnace will try to ignite it in June. The people of the Extinction Rebellion movement, who cut off the roads surrounding the Zubieta incinerator, are being mobilized against this.

Meanwhile, the Community R4C partnership continues its fight in the courts: Gloucester’s political leaders have been sued for violating the law in the secret Urbasarri negotiations. Precisely, the trial for these facts began this week in the National Hearing. The Crowd Justice platform, which advises and supports such conflicts, is developing a crodwfunding campaign to raise the 30,000 pounds they need to meet the expenses of the caso.La BBC is following on public television the case being decided in the courts of the city of Bristol.