According to Materials Recycling Week and their sister publication Construction News, Ascot Environmental have stated that they are to file for administration. Continue reading »
May 182012
Campaigners against Viridor’s proposal for a 275,000 tonne incinerator at Beddington Lane on the Croydon/Sutton border, including members of UKWIN member group Stop The (South London) Incinerator, recently laid a wreath of rubbish “as a symbol to the death of democracy” and more than one hundred took part in a march. Continue reading »
As reported in LetsRecycle, Frans Beckers of the Van Gansewinkel Group waste business has stated that the company closed down an incinerator due to overcapacity and advised others to do the same: Continue reading »
In an interview with Materials Recycling Week (MRW) Charlotte Morton, the chief executive of the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA), has criticised waste incineration. MRW’s Neil Roberts reports: Continue reading »
May 012012
Peel Energy has decided to appeal against Trafford Council’s unanimous decision to reject the controversial Barton “Renewable” Energy Plant. Local UKWIN member group Breathe Clean Air Group have pledged to fight this all the way. Continue reading »
Mar 192012
The following press release was sent by campaigners in Plymouth regarding their challenge against the grant of planning permission for the incinerator proposed for North Yard, Devonport Naval Services, Plymouth: Continue reading »
Feb 272012
UKWIN has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer calling for:
…a moratorium on PFI funding of schemes for managing residual waste which feature incineration as a major component…
Feb 172012
One of the types of resource that UKWIN provides is campaign material. We’ve added a Quote Bank of useful quotations for use in consultation responses, planning objections, etc. If you have any relevant quotes to suggest for our site then please let us know.
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The 120,000 tonne gasification-type incinerator proposed for the Twinwoods Business Park in Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire has been refused planning permission by the Secretary of State Eric Pickles Continue reading »
Safety in waste and Rubbish Disposal (SWARD) has lodged a request in the High Court for a judicial review of Gloucestershire County Council’s decision to grant Grundon Waste Management a new 20 year planning consent at its Wingmoor Farm site, Bishop’s Cleeve. Continue reading »
Feb 072012
The Environment Agency (EA) got more than they were expecting as part of their Environmental permit consultation regarding the Devonport incineratorm proposal.
On 31st January 2012 the EA’s Permitting Officer, together with the EA’s Lord Smith (Chairman of the Board), Dr Paul Leinster (Chief Executive) and Chris Howes (Head of Performance and Engagement), and others received a 56-page representation, with a special focus on incinerator bottom ash.
Download the Incinerator Bottom Ash document
The impressive document was produced by Neil Smith, Chair of the Buckfastleigh Community Forum, and is described by UKWIN Chair Tim Hill as:
The best collection of evidence reagrding incinerator bottom ash that I have seen to date.
According to Mr Smith:
The evidence we’ve gathered has implications for national policy that are serious enough to call to the attention of the Environment Agency’s Board of Directors. We believe that there is a legal basis to require public clarification of the issues raised before any new incinerator permits can be issued.
The document addresses several broad points, including:
- Misleading and erroneous claims that “bottom ash is inert”;
- Conflict between political and commercial expediency and the precautionary principle;
- Sampling and testing protocols of bottom ash;
- Hazardous status of bottom ash and ecotoxicity;
- Hazardous properties and exploding aggregate;
- Bottom ash leachate and risks of re-use;
- Heterogeneity and unnecessary pollution of waste streams; and
- The dangers associated with intermediate storage of bottom ash
If today you read only one 56-page document about incinerator bottom ash, let it be this one! Download the Incinerator Bottom Ash document
