Communities across the UK are fighting ‘catastrophic’ proposals to build new energy-from-waste plants
“Labour faces a growing backlash across the country over proposals to build a new generation of more than 40 waste incinerators to burn household and commercial rubbish.”
“Ministers are expected to announce new curbs on waste incinerators on Monday (30th December), as they face growing public concern over their impact. Campaigners want the government to revoke the permits of the incinerators which are not yet under construction and ban any new projects.”
Shlomo Dowen, from the UK Without Incineration Network, the campaign group which collated the figures on projects in the pipeline, said:
There are already far too many waste incinerators across the UK, meaning that most of what is burned is material that could and should have been recycled or composted.
For every tonne of plastic that is incinerated, more than two tonnes of carbon dioxide are being released, as the carbon in the plastic combines with oxygen in the air. It makes incineration a significant source of greenhouse gases.
Shlomo Dowen, National Co-ordinator, UK Without Incineration Network (UKWIN)