Activists from anti-incineration groups across the country join forces with Greenpeace to halt the construction of the new Basingstoke incinerator. If allowed to start burning household rubbish the new incinerator will emit large quantities of dioxin chemicals that get into the food chain and cause cancer. Taking part in the occupation are representatives from incinerator action groups from Hull, Bradford, Essex, Derbyshire, Brighton, Kent, London, Milton Keynes, Guildford and Wales. The action is is part of the global action in 52 countries against incineration technologies and coincides with the opening of the Stockholm Convention in Geneva which aims to eliminate the world's toxic chemicals called persistent organic pollutants (POPs).