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

For 20 working days a year you can use the Audit Commission Act (ACA) to inspect and take copies of contracts, invoices, and other accounting information from your local authority (and unlike Freedom of Information requests, commercially confidential information must be released without redaction).

• Section 15(1) of the Audit Commission Act 1998 gives interested persons (e.g. local taxpayers) the right to inspect their local authority’s annual accounts during the inspection period as part of the audit process.
• The inspection period lasts only 20 working days and tends to fall between June and August. Don’t miss your opportunity!
• For more information check out the ACA Facebook Group and the Orchard News Bureau (note: links on the right-hand side of the ONB website).
• If the Orchard News Bureau (ONB) list of dates does not feature the inspection period for your local authority then please try to find out and let us know.

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 200 members, including 69 groups campaigning for sustainable waste management and against waste incineration!

• 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.

NOTE: UKWIN does not currently endorse any manufacturer or technology provider.

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 UKWIN Network Coordinator