AROUND 50 people turned out to air their views on a potential multi-million pound waste disposal plant.

A public meeting to discuss Prosiect Gwyrdd, or Project Green, was held at the Mary Dunn Club, Lliswerry on Monday evening.

The meeting was the first chance residents had to question those involved in the scheme, which aims to find a solution to the problem of residual waste.

Newport has joined forces with Monmouthshire, Caerphilly, Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan to find an alternative to landfill for material that cannot be recycled or composted.

Last month, Newport’s cabinet gave the go ahead to allow an Assembly-owned site on Tatton Road to be considered for the project. The site, in the industrial area of Queensway Meadows, is likely to be the only publicly owned site earmarked for the plant.

Residents at the meeting raised concerns over the lack of understandable information being provided to them and also expressed fears about transport issues and emissions.

Cllr Allan Morris, Lliswerry representative, said that people need to know what would be processed at the site, so the emissions could be assessed.

Many people felt that Nash has become “saturated” with industrial works including sewerage works and any further developments would only increase existing problems.

Tara King, Prosiect Gwyrdd project manager, said the Tatton Road site was only a “possibility” and if a private company had its own site elsewhere, it would not be used at all.

She said the scheme was at a very early stage and the project wanted to engage with members of the public as soon as possible.

It was agreed that those involved in the scheme would provide more information in “laymans” terms for a future public meeting.