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South London residents are “furious” at plans to build a pair of carbon capture plants on a local nature reserve, claiming the area cannot afford to lose any more land. The Cory Group has revealed plans to build two carbon capture plants on Crossness Nature Reserve in Bexley borough. The new plants have been designed by the waste management company to capture carbon dioxide from the two waste processing facilities run by the group in the area. Planning documents said the two waste facilities are predicted to process 1.5million tonnes of non-recyclable waste a year, with the new plants aiming to capture 1.3million tonnes of carbon dioxide produced by the facilities annually. CPRE, the Countryside Charity, said in a statement that residents were “furious” about the new plans, which they claimed would build upon six acres of grazing marshland habitat in the nature reserve. Laurence Pinturaunt, 61, is a local resident and a member of the Friends of Crossness and Erith Marshes group. Sh...