The Manchester-based Breathe Clean Air Group is calling for greater protection of children’s health after a study links biomass incineration and respiratory problems.
The Health Protection Agency have announced plans for a study on “whether there is a potential link between the emissions from MWIs and health outcomes, including: low birth weight, still births and infant deaths”. Continue reading »
LATS estimate indicate we’re still 3-4 years ahead of targetsDefra are not publishing the first quarter 2011/12 (April 2011 – June 2011) waste data until the start of February 2012, but the Environment Agency has produced a landfill allowance (LATS) estimate for each council based on Q1 data. |
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For sale: failed incineratorControversial Failed Incinerator Up For Sale Neath Port Talbot Council has placed the controversial Crymlyn Burrows Incinerator up for sale. |
End of PFI as we knew it?UKWIN received the following from Jane Green of the Coventry 2020 Zero Waste Project: Dear All This week is set to mark the end of PFI as we’ve known it. A Panorama programme is due to air today (Monday 28th November 2011) that focusses on the subject of PFI contracts, and on Thursday (1st December) [...] |
Peel’s 200,000 tonne incinerator rejected in UrmstonTrafford Council’s planning committee voted unanimously to reject Peel’s proposal for a 200,000 tonne incinerator, described by Peel as the “Barton Energy Plant”, which would have primarily burned waste wood. |
SWARD to Instruct Barristers: The Fight Goes OnCampaign group SWARD (Safety in Waste and Rubbish Disposal) will today instruct barristers for legal opinion on their case against Gloucestershire County Council’s decision to grant planning permission for Grundon Waste Management to operate at Wingmoor Farm, Bishop’s Cleeve until 2029. |
Eunomia report highlights problem of incinerator overcapacityEunomia’s Residual Waste Infrastructure Review (£462, or free for the high-level version) predicts possible regional overcapacity for waste treatment capacity in 2015 and possible national overcapacity in 2020 (see Edie article). |
SWARD let down by Secretary of StateSWARD (Safety in Waste and Rubbish Disposal) have issued a press release explaining how shocked they are by the speed of the Secretary of State’s rejection of their request for a public inquiry |
ASA: Sita misled public over incinerator claimsASA uphold complaints against Sita for misleading Shepperton ‘Eco Park’ marketing material SITA reliability and technology claims |
Covanta drops 750,000tpa Merthyr Tydfil incinerator plansCovanta have withdrawn their plans for the Brig y Cwm Merthyr Tydfil incinerator, claiming that their proposal for one big incinerator was out of step with the approach of local authorities and that this made the project unviable. |
