Archive for May 2008
CHINEHAM TRIP WITH SAFE WASTE IN SHROPSHIRE ON SUNDAY 20 JULY
Veolia has been organising trips to their ‘energy recovery facility’ (aka incinerator) in Chineham, Basingstoke. This facility, which is very similar to the proposed Battlefield, Shrewsbury, one, appears to be something of a flagship. So far they have taken elected representatives and journalists from Shropshire there. Continue Reading “Chineham Trip Sunday 20th July 2008″ »
We are very pleased to announce that UKWIN’s application for membership of GAIA has been approved.
GAIA is an expanding international alliance of individuals, non-governmental organization, community-based organizations, academics and others working to end the incineration of all forms of waste and to promote sustainable waste prevention and discard management practices. Continue Reading “UKWIN joins GAIA” »
The page features links to the documents contained in the Michael Jenkins document archive relating to the proposal for a waste incinerator in Newhaven. Our thanks to Michael for sharing these resources!
Download – Pollution Permit [PDF]
Download – Facts and Figures [PDF]
Download – Dirty Renewables [PDF]
UKWIN April 2008 Annual General Meeting (AGM) Summary [draft]
23 participants attended UKWIN’s 2008 AGM, which took place in London on Saturday 12th April. A further 27 sent their apologies (some accompanied by a campaign update). The Chair of UKWIN, Stephen Eades, welcomed all to the AGM, and introduced the UKWIN Steering Group (SG) members and Shlomo Dowen, the newly appointed Network Coordinator. Continue Reading “UK WIN April 2008 AGM Update” »
UK Without Incineration Network
NEWSLETTER No 1 November 2007
Thanks to all who have joined the network, membership has now risen to about 30 groups and affiliate members and we are hoping to increase this steadily throughout the year. Continue Reading “Newsletter No 1 – November 2007″ »
We have been faced with a Regional Waste Plan, a consortium of 5 Local Authorities set up to contract for a joint residual waste “facility”, and an emerging Welsh Waste Strategy review.
Hyder was responsible for public consultation on our Regional Plan – they just pushed incinerators in their presentation and on-line trick questionnaire. The angle they are trying is that any industrial site could be used for a waste facility. They claim 4% per yr increase in waste, ignore increased recycling and put the numbers through the WRATE black-box. Continue Reading “South East Wales FOE Waste Network: April 2008 Update” »
November 2007: Nicola Day + DOVE’s Judicial Review of EA’s permission for Veolia to operate proposed incinerator quashed. The EA and Veolia say they did not properly explain the information about carbon emissions. Application not yet, as far as I am aware, resubmitted. Continue Reading “Newhaven (DOVE): April 2008 Update” »
Update by Jeni Mackay Scottish Campaigns coordinator. CATs Scotland is currently working on the Waste framework Directive (WFD), IPPC and supporting Community groups facing efw developments in their areas. Continue Reading “Communities Against Toxics Scotland (CATsScotland): April 2008 Update” »
ARROW has been running since December 1995. ARROW’s original aim was to stop a 3 million tonne landfill site, at Round O Quarry in West Lancashire from opening. When that campaign was successful in 2000 after 3 public enquiries and a court case, Lancs County Council opted for incineration. We managed to dissuade them from building an incinerator, through negative press and TV coverage, so they decided to go for refuse derived fuel. The planning application for the RDF plant was successful, but the company withdrew. Continue Reading “Action to Reduce and Recycle Our Waste (ARROW) [Lancashire]: April 2008 Update” »
Discussion is around a 300,000 tpa facility for waste from around the region, including Warwickshire, some 35 miles away. Staffordshire County Council intends to submit a ‘pre-emptive’ planning application in May, before they put the contract to tender! Keith is keeping a close eye on this one too, while also remaining vigilant of the situations in Shrewsbury (where Veolia won the bid) and Telford (where a much smaller-scale facility is being considered). Keith is also in discussions with The Treasury, asking why they have allotted so much money to waste PFIs for incineration at a time when quantities of waste are actually falling.
