{"id":1222,"date":"2021-03-09T07:28:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T07:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2021-03-09T07:54:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T07:54:49","slug":"ukwin-campaign-for-an-incinerator-moratorium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/2021\/03\/09\/ukwin-campaign-for-an-incinerator-moratorium\/","title":{"rendered":"The UKWIN Campaign for an Incinerator Moratorium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To support recycling and to achieve net zero carbon we need to stop allowing new incinerators to be built. Call on the Government to introduce a full moratorium on new waste incineration capacity and please help spread the word! <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ukwin.eaction.org.uk\/moratorium?fbclid=IwAR3gEUFafOpkqD_4pXAqnc75t-Sq-dXsVEipzSR6dbeDPacrFK3SPukunHw\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ukwin.eaction.org.uk\/moratorium<\/a>\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Dispatches: The Dirty Truth About Your Rubbish<\/strong> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Channel 4 programme aired on 8 March is available to view for about a month.   <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/programmes\/dirty-truth-about-your-rubbish-dispatches\">https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/programmes\/dirty-truth-about-your-rubbish-dispatches<\/a> <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The time is right to push for a moratorium on new waste incineration capacity. UK Without Incineration Network (UKWIN) has set up an email-writing facility to\u00a0help campaigners direct the call for a moratorium to the relevant ministers in the respective national governments. As Wales has already announced a moratorium, the version to be sent to Welsh ministers asks for all incinerators to be covered by the ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please follow the instructions to email the relevant ministers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ukwin.eaction.org.uk\/moratorium\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ukwin.eaction.org.uk\/moratorium<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe that it\u00a0is very important to tip the balance of political will away from incineration. No Incinerator 4 Horsham Community Group (Ni4H) and many other community groups across the UK are sharing this message. Detailed information supporting the call for a moratorium can be found at:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ukwin.org.uk\/files\/pdf\/UKWIN-Policy-Suggestions-November-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ukwin.org.uk\/files\/pdf\/UKWIN-Policy-Suggestions-November-2020.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Petition\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please sign the <strong>Tax Incineration\u00a0Like Landfill<\/strong> petition to UK Parliament, Environmental Protection Agency and\u00a0Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/uk-parliament-tax-incineration-like-landfill\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/uk-parliament-tax-incineration-like-landfill<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Environmental Permit\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No Incinerator 4 Horsham\u00a0Community Group&#8217;s\u00a0Team and Expert Advisors\u00a0are poised ready for the high public interest environmental permit public consultation. Planning permission\u00a0was granted\u00a0subject to conditions in February 2020,\u00a0following the Public Inquiry but an environmental permit\u00a0is also required,\u00a0which the Environment Agency are responsible for granting or refusing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0design\u00a0needs to meet\u00a0the high standards and risk assessments for this type of operation.\u00a0All the relevant documents\u00a0will be available to view, the Environment Agency will consult widely with people and relevant organisations, who will be able to submit comments.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Environment Agency can only take account of comments relevant to the environmental regulatory requirements, including technical standards, noise and odour from the site and whether the potential impact is acceptable. They cannot take account of anything outside of the remit of environmental permitting, for example, the proposed location, visual impact, traffic travelling to and from the site or whether the activity should be allowed or not.\u00a0\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Make Incinerators Pay for the Pollution They Cause\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Permission has been granted for this legal challenge of the UK government for a full hearing\u00a0at the\u00a0Royal Courts of Justice\u00a0in March 2021. \u00a0<br><br>Ni4H and other Community Groups across the UK are supporting Environmental Engineer and UNESCO Special Envoy for Youth &amp; the Environment, Georgia Elliott-Smith, with this\u00a0legal challenge of the\u00a0four governments of the\u00a0UK, over failure of the proposed UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to uphold the Paris Agreement. Georgia featured in Channel 4 Dispatches: The Dirty Truth About Your Rubbish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdjustice.com\/case\/make-incineration-polluters-pay\/\">https:\/\/www.crowdjustice.com\/case\/make-incineration-polluters-pay\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To support recycling and to achieve net zero carbon we need to stop allowing new incinerators to be built. Call on the Government to introduce a full moratorium on new waste incineration capacity and please help spread the word! https:\/\/ukwin.eaction.org.uk\/moratorium\u00a0 Dispatches: The Dirty Truth About Your Rubbish This Channel 4 programme aired on 8 March [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1222"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1244,"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions\/1244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}