GAIA’s new report “When the EU wastes the climate” warns about the negative impacts on the climate and sustainability stemming from current EU policies to reward energy from incineration. Continue reading »
In an article entitled Audit Commission links incineration to low recycling, written by Chris Sloley and published on the LetsRecycle website, we learn of the existence of a Quick Guide to Waste Management produced in August 2007 by the Audit Commission. Continue reading »
Jun 202010
SSAIN questions the sanity of contract giving incinerator operator control of recycling
Simon Bacon, spokesperson for Sinfin, Spondon and all Against Incineration (SSAIN) has sent out the following press release: Continue reading »
According to environmental group, and UKWIN member, SWARD (Safety in Waste and Rubbish Disposal) three separate pieces of evidence now prove that hazardous waste dumped at Wingmoor Fram, Bishop’s Cleeve, cannot be contained within the site. Continue reading »
Jun 202010
According to veteran environmental campaigner and UKWIN Steering Group member Dr. Max Wallis:
The [Welsh] Minister’s aspirations “Towards Zero Waste” have turned into the opposite.
The talk of “zero waste to landfill” conceals increasing waste associated with incineration. The claim in the 14 May 2010 Decision Statement that there would be “no change in direction; but [that] ambitions have been stretched” is accused of being “an exercise in spin”. Continue reading »
On Tuesday the 15th of June activists from Leicester Friends of the Earth, Loughborough Friends of the Earth, the Shepshed Anti-incinerator Group (SAIG) and the Ellistown & Battleflat lobbied Leicestershire County Council’s cabinet meeting, to urge them to think again about plans for a giant incinerator to burn the County’s waste. Continue reading »
Jun 102010
At the Pre-Inquiry Meeting held on Monday (7th June 2010) at the Rainworth Village Hall the Planning Inspector, Mr. Rupert Grantham, granted Veolia a final opportunity to provide additional evidence to the Inquiry into proposals for a Sherwood Forest incinerator. Continue reading »
