Genuine steps must be taken to minimise local pollution and health risks from waste incinerators. Much more could be done including better technology, higher stacks, greater controls over feedstocks, and more rigorous monitoring and enforcement. Incinerators & Health: Fact...
The waste industry has had a change of heart and now welcomes paying for the carbon emissions of incineration but are its fears over landfill leakage well-founded? Plans for the inclusion of all waste incineration and energy-from-waste (EfW) facilities...
Open Protest Network has produced a great video promoting the new report by UK Without Incineration Network on the UK’s incineration overcapacity, which will hurt efforts to increase recycling. The new UKWIN report shows significant incineration overcapacity across England once...
A new report published on 26th September 2023, by the UK Without Incineration Network (UKWIN), shows that if waste reduction targets are met English incineration capacity would exceed available feedstock by 2.6 million tonnes in 2027, with this overcapacity...
UKWIN and other health and environmental NGOs sent a letter to the UK Government slamming their inadequate response to our 10 point plan to phase out waste incineration and transition to zero waste. In a forceful response to the...
Community Questions Compiled from the many questions received from around the local community, representing genuine concerns from local people, Community Questions were sent by local resident members of the Community Liaison Group (CLG) to Qair on 21 February 2023. Response...
Community Liaison Group Planning permission was granted by The Planning Inspectorate on 27th February 2020, subject to a number of planning conditions, Condition 10 requires the establishment of a local liaison group. The remit of the existing Community Liaison...
A public exhibition about Horsham’s proposed new waste incinerator, is due to be held on Saturday 22 April 10.30am to 3.30pm at Tanbridge House School, Farthings Hill, Guildford Road, Horsham RH12 1SR. The exhibition provides the first opportunity in more than 5...
Press Release After many years of campaigning against the proposed controversial Horsham incinerator, by the No Incinerator 4 Horsham (Ni4H) Community Group, it now looks as though the project is going ahead. Construction work on the massive building and...
The UK Government plans to halve the amount of waste going to landfill or incineration in England by 2042. In light of this, UKWIN has produced a briefing to explore the case that England should follow Wales and Scotland...