In addition to reading the updates (below) and visiting the various campaign group websites, you might also like to view the brief BBC Look East video clip on incineration and read the UKWIN coverage on Lets Recycle. I trust you all caught the BBC’s One O’Clock News on Thursday…UKWIN is about 1 minute and 35 seconds in…
Brief updates about current UK anti-incineration campaigns.
If your campaign news is not included, please contact the UKWIN Coordinator with your update! Continue reading »
Sep 272008
The Public Examination reached day two and there have been significant developments. Examiner Mr King has been reviewing North Yorkshire County Council’s (NYCC) Waste Core Strategy. He requires clear evidence that the plan being proposed is well researched and thought out. This evidence does not appear to be forthcoming! Continue reading »
Sep 262008
An article recently published by Public Servant magazine is now available on-line from their Public Service website. Entitled Waste incinerators – are we seeing democracy go up in smoke?, the article is introduced introduced as follows:
As the Audit Commission urges councils to ramp up efforts to turn waste into energy or face hefty fines, Dr Andy Tubb, Shlomo Dowen and Joshua Dowen complain that councils often sign up to waste contracts without any consultation with the local community
UKWIN has been granted permission to reproduce the article in full: Continue reading »
Despite the way some commentators are spinning this report, the Audit Commission’s recently released Well Disposed: responding to the waste challenge paints a picture that is familiar to anti-incineration campaigners.
In the words of the Audit Commission: Continue reading »
Open Letter to Members of British Trade Unions, Community Activists, and Public Officials Concerning Covanta Energy
We write to bring to your attention an industrial dispute between union workers in Massachusetts and Covanta Energy – a US-based multinational that is currently seeking to build trash incinerators in the UK – and also to request your support. Continue reading »
Research examining the main components of residual waste – the waste left over after reuse, recycling and composting – has identified the measures needed at local authority, central Government and EU level to increase recycling.
The Friends of the Earth research, published alongside a briefing for councils, recommends promoting Freecycle and social reuse of furniture, improving facilities for recycling DIY wastes and tightening the law to ensure that more packaging is recycled, amongst other suggestions. Continue reading »
Sep 222008
East Riding of Yorkshire has been accused of being secretive over its plans to build a huge waste-burning incinerator on the boundary between Hull and the East Riding. As reported in the Yorkshire Post, East Riding councillors Peter Turner, Anne Suggit and Carole Lynn say they have obtained a copy of a letter from the authority making an “expression of interest” for up to £180m of Government funding for the scheme through the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Continue reading »
The Joint South London Waste Plan (Development Plan Document) consultation for the Issues and Options Report began on the 19th September 2008 and runs until the 31st October. In addition to being able to make representations in hard copy a website has been set up for people to make representations online: http://southlondonwasteplan.limehouse.co.uk
According to their website: Continue reading »
Sep 212008
A reminder to anyone who has been too busy over the “summer” to monitor every announcement: Surrey Waste Management’s planning application for Trumps Farm was submitted in July 2008 and the official date for last receipt of objections is Tuesday 30 September. The planning application papers are not on the Surrey County Council website but can be seen at the Runnymede Council offices in Addlestone. Continue reading »
It’s all happening in the world of waste campaigning. This past week alone we have seen:
• A public inquiry in Nottingham
• BERR’s decision to grant approval for a Cheshire incinerator
• A very well attended public meeting in Cornwall
• The formation of the Elistown Action Group
• Discussions with senior Defra officials
• A record number of new members joining UKWIN
Is your local campaign update missing from this list? If so, please send an update to the UKWIN Coordinator
Sep 202008
On Tuesday (16th September 2008) a meeting, organised by Friends of the Earth, took place in London, bringing together a small group of waste activists and a couple of Defra officials. Although the meeting was held on the understanding that names and other details would not be reported, UKWIN can reveal that the exchange was worthwhile. Continue reading »
