A composer has applied for council cash to write a song about the proposed incinerator in Newhaven.
Mike Flood, 39, has gone cap-in-hand to Newhaven Town Council chiefs to seek funding for the music.
He has already teamed up with Newhaven poet Ruth Gillett to draw up a lavish piece about the burner, which could be built at North Quay.
It has provoked widespread opposition in the port town and surrounding areas over possible health risks.
Mike, from Newhaven, hopes the tune would give a focus to the controversial issue of incineration which is raging throughout Sussex.
He hopes to lure other musicians to work on the project and then tour venues in the Ouse Valley.
He said: "Even though we are in the early stages it has already attracted a lot of interest due to the issue of incineration, not only in Newhaven, but across the Ouse Valley.
"The issue has gelled the community in Newhaven and I think this song will help do that even more."
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