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National Campaign

Ask your MP to support action to reduce waste incineration (August 2026)

Email your MP to ask the new Circular Economy Minister to take action in line with  an open letter signed by 40 environmental groups .

About UKWIN

The United Kingdom Without Incineration Network (UKWIN) is a network of anti-incineration campaigners coordinated through a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee (Company No 06660486). UKWIN was founded in 2007 by anti-incineration groups, with the active support of Friends of the Earth, as an umbrella organisation for those opposing incineration because of adverse impacts on recycling, climate change, resource security, health and the environment. Since then we have worked with more than 200 local grassroots campaign groups and helped stop more than 150 incinerator proposals.

UKWIN’s overarching mission is to bring about an end to the incineration of mixed waste. Our role includes helping individuals and groups develop the case against incineration and supporting networking and information between campaigners, and in doing so promote the UK-wide movement in favour of more sustainable waste/resource management.

Nationally, UKWIN works to:

  • Make our expertise available to those wishing to: participate in environmental decisions relating to waste management, access environmental information, or pursue justice in environmental matters;
  • Advocate for economic, policy and legislative drivers to support sustainability in general, and more specifically the move away from incineration and towards a sustainable low-carbon circular economy; and
  • Highlight the social, environmental and economic issues associated with incineration, including through social media and our website, and by contributing to relevant public consultations, as well as through ongoing work with academics and journalists.

What you can do

From time to time UKWIN calls upon our supporters to join together to take action, usually by writing to their MP or a relevant Government Minister. We also hold national gatherings of anti-incineration campaigners. To be keep up-to-date please join our mailing list:

Join the UKWIN mailing list

To join the UKWIN mailing list please e-mail coordinator@ukwin.org.uk with the subject “SUBSCRIBE” and also let us know what campaign you are involved if (if any).

Also follow our Facebook and Twitter and BlueSky accounts and share our content where appropriate.

Reports, Letters, and Briefings

Consultation Submissions and Calls for Evidence

2024 Incinerator moratorium campaign

Local elections in May 2024 were followed by a General Election in July 2024, and as part of both of these elections candidates were invited to pledge to support recycling by opposing incineration. Nearly 200 local election candidates signed the pledge, followed by 127 Parliamentary candidates, 11 of whom are now MPs. As part of this campaign UKWIN produced a page for each of the English Regions and for each of the devolved nations making the case for signing the pledge. For details visit: https://ukwin.org.uk/pledge/

We have followed this up with a letter calling on the UK Government to ban new incineration: