Archive for the Coventry Category
A frequent contributor has called my attention to the following Paul Connett video clips:
Could these excellent up-to-date Coventry presentations be embedded nationally on the UKWIN site??
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kf8lew6jFY
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJK8m4VYZic
Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyMc6Yluig8
Please watch the videos, and leave your comments below…
With placards declaring Waste PFIs a waste of public money and a Policy Failure Incentive, a group of protesters representing waste campaign groups from throughout the country gathered in front of the Treasury as the Project Review Group arrived to decide the fate of several Waste PFI applications. Continue Reading “PFI Protest at Treasury” »
Are you already familiar with the Waste Infrastructure Delivery Programme (WIDP)? Continue Reading “Waste PFI infrastructure reports on-line” »
The Coalition for Recycling and Against Coventry Incinerator (CRACIN) have produced a video in response to Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire County Councils’ joint submission of an Outline Business Case (OBC) to DEFRA. Their proposal are to build a 305,000 tonne per annum incinerator in Coventry using PFI credits.
Are plans for a local waste incinerator getting you down?
If so, you are not alone!
Rockers Hot Rod 55 have just released a track that could have been written for you… Continue Reading “Rockin’ against Telford Incinerator” »
Danny Foulstone of Coventry FoE and CRACIN has informed us of the a short video Coalition for Recycling and Against Coventry Incinerator (CRACIN) have produced, about the issues surrounding the proposed incinerator in Coventry. Continue Reading “CRACIN Video” »
A fully paid-for place on the Friends of the Earth (FoE) Local Groups Conference 2008 at Loughborough University (from 12th -14th September) has just become available. Anyone who wishes to help out at the UKWIN stall, and benefit from attending this year’s Conference should contact the UKWIN Coordinator immediately! Continue Reading “Free FoE Conference place” »
The former Director of waste management firm Biffa, Peter Jones OBE, has accepted an invitation from UKWIN to speak at our AGM in March 2009. Peter, a strong critic of Waste PFI contracts involving incineration, was recently appointed to sit on London Waste and Recycling Board by London Mayor Borris Johnson. Continue Reading “Peter Jones to speak at UKWIN AGM” »
Hard working anti-incineration campaigner Keith Kondakor may have even less time on his hands if he is appointed as the new Director of Coventry’s waste project. His application has attracted local media attention, as the Evening Telegraph publishes the following story, under the twin headlines of PROTEST: Friends of the Earth campaigner says it’s the only way to oppose incineration plan and Burning ambition for top council job By Mary Griffin, Environmental reporter Continue Reading “Keith applies himself to Coventry campaign” »
Coventry City Council has opened its consultation into the draft municipal waste strategy. Coventry plans to achieving a 50% recycling rate by 2020. One of the main focuses of the draft document is on reducing the amount of waste going to the city’s ageing incinerator, which is owned and managed by local firm Coventry and Solihull Waste and Disposal Company and currently deals with 64% of Coventry’s 180,000 tonnes of annual household waste. Continue Reading “Coventry Incinerator Consultation” »
