{"id":2065,"date":"2023-08-14T07:29:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T07:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/?p=2065"},"modified":"2023-08-14T07:36:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T07:36:37","slug":"watchdogs-slam-uk-as-irresponsible-and-unambitious-on-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/2023\/08\/14\/watchdogs-slam-uk-as-irresponsible-and-unambitious-on-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Watchdogs slam UK as &#8220;irresponsible and unambitious&#8221; on waste"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>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.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ni4h.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Signatures.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2066\" width=\"722\" height=\"897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Signatures.jpg 722w, https:\/\/ni4h.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Signatures-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a forceful response to the Government\u2019s failure to implement a 10-point action plan submitted to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in April 2023, a nationwide coalition of environmental and health watchdogs is accusing the Government of putting forward \u201cspecious excuses\u201d for inaction when it should be phasing out waste incineration and maximizing recycling to cut down on emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a detailed letter published on 10th August 2023, the coalition\u2014which includes Black Lives Matter, Medact, Plastics Rebellion, the UK Without Incineration Network (UKWIN), XR Zero Waste, and Zero Waste Europe, as well as more than a dozen anti-incinerator groups around the UK, including No Incinerator 4 Horsham Community Group \u2014is urging the Government to provide \u201cconvincing reasons\u201d for failing to implement the action plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The associated press release is available at:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ukwin.org.uk\/files\/pdf\/2023-08-10-Press-release-coalition-response-to-Pow-Defra-letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/ukwin.org.uk\/files\/pdf\/2023-08-10-Press-release-coalition-response-to-Pow-Defra-letter.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 Government\u2019s failure to implement a 10-point action plan submitted to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in April [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065","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=2065"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2072,"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065\/revisions\/2072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}