On Tuesday (16th September 2008) a meeting, organised by Friends of the Earth, took place in London, bringing together a small group of waste activists…
Author: Shlomo
Only the very largest of incinerator applications qualify for determination by the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR), and chemical company Ineos Chlor’s…
A specially erected marquee on a St Dennis playing field in Cornwall was the site of an extraordinary event as some 1,000 people “vented their…
Thursday (18th September 2008) was Day 7 of the public inquiry into Waste Recycling Group’s (WRG’s) appeal against Nottingham City Council’s refusal to grant planning…
The picturesque Leicester village of Ellistown is waking up to the threat of a waste incinerator being built on land purchased by Leicestershire County Council.…
UKWIN is happy to report that the anti-incineration campaigning efforts of UKWIN member Keith Kondakor have been recognised by Friends of the Earth, who have…
The Conservative Party’s attempts to gain credibility as an environmentally-sensitive government in waiting has jeopardised by their decision to allow the Conservative Green Initiatives to…
According to a recent Berwickshire News article entitled Revised plans for Viridor incinerator discussed, Viridor’s original plans for a waste incinerator at Oxwellmains “sparked a…
Efforts to educate Bristol Councillors are begining to pay off as increasing numbers vote to exclude incineration from waste plans. On Tuesday (9th September 2008)…
EUWID Recycling and Waste Management is reporting the findings of a recent study focussing on PET plastics. It will come as no surprise to anti-incineration…
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…