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Welcome to the website of the United Kingdom Without Incineration Network (UKWIN).

An increasing number of groups and individuals are joining the Network and pooling resources devoted to anti-incineration campaigning and to fulfilling our vision of a UK without incineration of household waste. UKWIN now boasts more than 100 members!
UKWIN, in collaboration with Friends of the Earth, has developed an interactive map of existing and potential household waste incineration sites. Please visit the map and look at the information we have gathered so far, to see if you know of anything to add!
This site also features updates and case studies from local anti-incineration campaign groups, and news stories of interest to our members.
UKWIN has produced a brief summary of some of the reasons that underpin our opposition to the incineration of household waste (directly in waste incinerators or ‘indirectly’ in the form of refuse derived fuels, co-incineration in cement kilns, etc.), and we are gathering more in-depth information about a range of waste management and incineration topics to be stored in the UKWIN Knowledge Bank.

You are welcome to direct any questions and suggestions, and indeed any content that you would like to contribute (e.g. as part of our Knowledge Bank) to coordinator@ukwin.org.uk

Shlomo Dowen

UK WIN Network Coordinator

NOTE: UKWIN does not currently endorse any manufacturer or technology provider. If you are aware of an alternative to incineration that you would like UKWIN to evaluate, please contact Shlomo with details.

UKWIN AGM 2009

On Saturday 21st March, the City of Nottingham, and local groups Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill (NAIL) and People Against Incineration (PAIN), played host to a gathering of anti-incineration campaigners from throughout the country, when the United Kingdom Without Incineration Network (UKWIN) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Nottingham Voluntary Action Centre.

UKWIN is now a network of 110+ campaigners and campaign groups. Most were represented at the 2009 AGM, where they listened to guest speaker Peter Jones OBE. Peter Jones, the former Director of waste management firm Biffa, is currently waste advisor to the Mayor of London. UKWIN is grateful to Peter for his presentation, and for staying on to field numerous questions. A DVD of Peter’s presentation is available for a nominal fee of £5, including postage and packaging. If you would like a copy, please contact Shlomo.

Peter Jones’ talk is now available on You Tube


Peter Jones	Slide from Peter’s The Changing Face of Waste and Resources in the UK presentation

Peter Jones’ presentation for UKWIN AGM 2009, entitled The Changing Face of Waste and Resources in the UK, can be downloaded as a .ppt or as a .zip

Participants were also treated presentations on:

How community engagement and the use of a magic pen forced a waste rethink in North Yorkshire

The ongoing efforts of HAGATI, who are working to prevent Ineos Chlor from building an 800,000 tonne per annum incinerator in Runcorn, Merseyside

The eco-toxicity of Incinerator Bottom Ash (IBA)

UKWIN’s Technical Support Team also gave a talk about maintaining and developing the http://www.ukwin.org.uk website.

These presentations led to a panel discussion that was followed by a campaign workshop with Friends of the Earth “Earth Mover Award” winner Keith Kondakor and UKWIN Coordinator Shlomo Dowen

The event was an opportunity for local waste campaign groups to compare notes with others from throughout the UK.

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UKWIN is now up and running on our new web host (Tag Hosting, Thanks Travor), http://www.taghosting.co.uk/). Although we hope much of the website is fully functioning, we appreciate that some aspects of the website may have issues for the next few days.

Please bare with us while we iron things out. If you do find a technical issue (eg broken links etc) please feel free to get in touch and let us know by e-mailing shlomo.dowen@gmail.com.

Thank you to everyone who has brought the “Group Updates” issue to our attention, this should now be resolved.

- Benjamin Dowen, UKWIN Tech Support

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