Naughty, naughty. The Defenders of the Ouse Valley and Estuary (DOVE) have never said the issue was about being "near their homes" (Voice Of The Argus, May 15).

The issue is about incineration. The Argus stated latest evidence conflicts with evidence from authorities which have built the latest high-tech incinerators.

I have little faith in the official reports by people who are trying to convince me something is safe. Thalidomide was "safe", asbestos was "safe", BSE "could not be passed to humans", cigarettes "couldn't possibly cause cancer" and now "high-tech incinerators..."

So tell me, what makes up this "significant amount of waste" which can't be recycled, re-used or composted?

What is so difficult to deal with that it has to be burnt? Which resources can we just torch because we don't want to think about how to deal with them?

Be fair. DOVE has proposed alternatives but, really, it is Brighton and Hove City Council's job to do the thinking to find the acceptable solutions. That's what we pay it for.

-Roderick M Main, senior software developer, Petards Vision, Sunbury-on-Thames