Have you heard the news? The Coalition Government’s recent Comprehensive Spending Review resulted in the abandonment of 7 waste PFI projects, including the Coventry project.…
Author: Shlomo
On Monday evening 1st November 2010 the BBC aired an excellent 9-minute piece on incineration as part of their InsideOut West Midlands series. You can…
UKWIN has produced a substantial response to Defra’s call for evidence to inform the UK Government’s review of waste policies. Our full 87-page submission is…
Five years of dedicated campaigning have paid off as plans for an expensive replacement for the Coventry Incinerator have been abandoned. There is already a…
New research recommends introduction of a UK-wide deposit refund scheme The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has today (Thursday, 16th September 2010) published new…
The GMB, described as Britain’s General Union, has announced that millions of households across the UK could face disruption to bin collection and other public…
The latest evidence submitted to the Public Inquiry by would-be Sherwood Forest Incinerator operators Veolia has failed to convince the competent authority, Natural England, that…
World expert talks about health impact of proposed incinerator in Merthyr Professor Paul Connett, a world renowned toxicologist who has addressed the United Nations, will…
Gloucestershire Friends of the Earth believe that there needs to be a fundamental change in dealing with waste to enable the responsibility of decision making…
According to Abby Gruen of The Star-Ledger, Covanta is being sued by Connecticut’s attorney general. Covanta Energy, the operator of three incinerators in New Jersey,…
According to Viridor’s Regional Communications Manager, Tessa Taylor: Viridor has now formally appealed the decision by Bristol City Council to refuse planning permission for its…