European Commissioner for the Environment Janez Potočnik has stated that he would welcome medium-term bans on the incineration of re-usable, recyclable and compostable material across…
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Combined Heat and Power (CHP) district heating systems are not very useful when they do not have enough waste to burn (as in Sheffield) or…
A new report by GAIA highlights issues surrounding incineration overcapacity, the threat of incineration to recycling, and the shipment of waste within Europe, leading to…
King’s Lynn Without Incineration Network (KLWIN), who are currently participating in a call-in inquiry opposing Cory Wheelabrator’s proposal for a 260,000 tpa incinerator in Saddlebow, are…
The National Assembly for Wales Petitions Committee have produced a report entitled ‘The Incineration of Waste’, which includes the following recommendations to the Welsh Government:
In a new report entitled Beyond landfill: Using green taxes to incentivise the waste hierarchy the Environmental Services Association (ESA) rightly says there is a…
UKWIN has published a guide to site-specific non-waste planning arguments. This document is the first document in the UKWIN Campaign Guide series, available from http://ukwin.org.uk/resources/#guide.
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee’s 4th Report – Autumn Statement 2012: Environmental Issues received written evidence from UKWIN and Chris Edwards (External Research…
Veolia Environmental Services is once again facing difficulty finding enough waste to feed their incinerator at Bernard Road, Sheffield.
Local campaigners have lodged a legal challenge with the High Courts of Justice in London against an Inspector’s decision to grant planning permission for a…
The planning application for the highly controversial King’s Lynn incinerator has been called-in by the Secretary of State for his consideration and will therefore go…