Ocado has submitted plans to build a diesel refuelling depot for delivery vans adjacent to a primary school in Islington - literally metres away from their playground.
Prolonged exposure to diesel fumes containing deadly toxins like benzene and from the lorry tailpipe emissions - nox and particulates - is proven to triggering asthma, stunting lung growth and brain development and in the long-term associated with stroke, heart disease, COPD, dementia and other life-threatening diseases. Sites like this should be nowhere near a school.
I don’t live in London but I’m an Ocado customer with children, one of who has respiratory problems. I would be furious if this was happening next to my own child’s school and I am furious on behalf of the families whose children go to this school.
If you shop with Ocado and feel this is a terrible plan on their part, you can:
- contact Ocado customer services - [email protected] to register your concern and/or tell them you will not be using their company again until they withdraw the planning application (due for decision by the council at the end of this month)
- follow the parents’ campaign on Twitter using the hashtag #nocado
If you wouldn’t want this depot next to your child’s school, then please stand in solidarity with other parents to help them successfully challenge Ocado and get them to change their minds.