Newhaven was recommended as a suitable site for an incinerator

Protesters say the waste local plan will lead to mass incineration and cross border transport of waste.

The group, called Dove, is against plans for an incinerator at Newhaven, recommended after a public inquiry, and a waste station at Hollingdean.

Campaigners say they are being ignored, but the council said public responses were now being recorded and analysed.

Several hundred people took part in a six-week consultation period which finished on 24 March.

They have got their own agenda - we are left feeling simply isolated and forgotten Alfred Medhurst, Dove

The plans affect those in areas covered by East Sussex County Council and Brighton and Hove City Council.

Before Tuesday's protest in Lewes, Alfred Medhurst, Dove spokesman, told BBC Southern Counties Radio: "All we get back from the council is silence.

"They don't recognise any of our protests in any way, shape or form.

"There is no dialogue.

"It is as if the public they are there to represent simply don't exist.

"They have got their own agenda - we are left feeling simply isolated and forgotten."

East Sussex County Council said: "The county council and Brighton and Hove City Council are not ignoring comments from Dove or any other group or individual.

"Council officers are currently recording and analysing public responses to the latest consultation and it is anticipated a report can be made to the two councils in late summer 2005."