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Dismissive reply from Scottish Government, 25 April 2013
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GAIA announces zero waste
blog, 11 April 2013
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 Radio
4, Costing the Earth - DASH FOR ASH, broadcast 20 Feb 2013. "We
cannot afford to destroy resources." (Jeremy Irons)
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Spanish
study shows increased risk of cancer near incinerators, Dec 2012
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INTRODUCTION
Waste incineration* is fundamentally unsustainable, recovering only a tenth of the energy used to make the products in our rubbish.
Burning one tonne of waste represents the emission of up to 6 tonnes of CO2, consisting of 3 tonnes of 'legacy' co2 (generated by the manufacture of the items in our rubbish) and up to a further 3 tonnes from the combustion process itself (1.5 tonnes of co2 per tonne of
wood/paper burnt, 3 tonnes of co2 per tonne of plastic).
Recycling recovers 3-8 times more energy than incineration (3x more for paper, 5x more plastic and 8 times more for textiles)
and produces proportionately less co2 as a result. Over the past 10 years
the Scottish Government has spent over £50 million on
incineration in Scotland (either directly or via local
authorities), but less than £2 million on improving Scotland's recycling infrastructure, i.e. facilities for reprocessing materials such as plastic and paper for manufacture into new items. This is incredibly wasteful. Friends of the Earth have calculated that
recycing generates 36 times more jobs than incineration on a
pound-for-pound basis). Despite this, all four of the main political parties in Scotland support waste incineration.
*Under
European law incineration includes gasification and pyrolysis
If
we really want to save the global environment, we really have to stop
producing so much waste in the first place. That means doing things like
banning single-use carrier bags, and forcing manufacturers to redesign
their products so they can be easily reused and recycled with minimal
energy consumption or CO2 emissions. These are things that only the
Government can do, but the Government is doing very little about
it.
Campaign
background
Green
Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland (GAINS)
emerged from a gathering of Scottish incinerator protest groups at the Scottish Parliament on 1 October
2009 - scroll down to see some photos of the event.
Our purpose is to
enable fellow campaigners to share information and inspire the 'Powers that Be' to turn away from the lazy approach of burning waste, and instead adopt forward-thinking and imaginative ways to reduce, reuse and recycle waste.
Zero
Waste
We
reject the Scottish Government's view that waste incineration is a
renewable source of energy, compatible with
the aim of achieving a zero waste society. Instead we support the
definition of zero waste adopted by the Zero Waste International Alliance on November 29,
2004 (click here
to find out more):
Photos
from Scottish No-Burn Action Day, 1 Oct 2009
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SCOTTISH
NEWS
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Government shows double
standards over Perth incinerator - GAINS letter published
in Courier & Advertiser, Tue 7 May 2013
The Courier Debates: Dundee biomass, 1 May 2013
Dundee City Council given extra time to respond to biomass plan, 26 April 2013
Dismissive reply from Scottish Government, 25 April 2013
£50m pyrolysis facility plan for Hamilton, 25 April 2013
Hamilton
- Incinerator proposal submitted, 23 April 2013
Prospect of warm relationship for proposed Dundee biomass plant, 20 April 2013
Shetland - Recycling forces isles to import more waste, 6 Apr 2013
Controversial Dundee harbour biomass plans resurrected, 4 April 2013
Newton
Mearns, Lifetime Recycling Village not gone but is not forgotten, 31 March 2013
Dumfries - Scotgen given June deadline to end commissioning and generate power, 14 March 2013
Letter to John
Swinney, 5 March 2013, questioning Government support for incineration
Environmental campaigner not backing large biomass plant plans for Dundee port, 28 February 2013
Message
from Maggie - invitation to Carnbroe incinerator court
case, 26-28 February
Biomass subsidies to balance business and conservation, 8 February 2013
Press Release:
Scotland throws cash at incinerators, but spends pittance on
recycling, 4 Feb 2013
Glasgow
City Council approves £154m waste plant, 29 January 2013
Dumfries - Pioneering waste plant faces legal action after pollution leaks and an explosion, Sunday 20 January 2013
Stonehouse - UPDATE on Dovesdale Action Campaign, 19 January 2013
Biomass leads to a mass of protests by campaigners, 16 January 2013
Invergordon
residents invited to public meeting over incinerator, 04/01/2013
Highland to appeal Invergordon incinerator decision, 15 Dec 2012
Perth - Scottish Ministers to make final decision after Grundon appeals against refusal of planning permission, 7 December 2012
Join
UK Without Incineration Network, 28 November 2012
Residents of Polmadie ask you to sign their petition against proposals to build a waste incinerator, 8 November 2012
Perth community council vows fight against incinerator to continue, 19 October 2012
Monklands-Carnbroe update from Maggie 16 October 2012
Greengairs/Drumshangie Covanta looks to Scottish fund for CHP plant, 12 October 2012
Carnbroe residents delighted council is to appeal Shore Energy proposals, 8 Oct 2012
Rubbish from Scotland's Central Belt is likely to heading Dunbar's way, 5 Oct 2012
Dunbar - East Lothian to be Scotland’s waste bin, 4 Oct 2012
Dunbar - Incinerator rule change is turning us into wasteland, 3 Oct 2012
Dunbar
incinerator to be built in 2013, 3 Oct 2012
MESSAGE
FROM MAGGIE - Monklands residents call for help, 30 Sep
2012
Waste plant protesters say 'our fight will continue', 20 Sept 2012
Dovesdale
waste incinerator application withdrawn by Scotgen, 18 Sep
'12
Heating expert expresses concern over Markinch incinerator, 18 Sep 2012
Plans for ‘pyrolysis’ waste plant in Lanarkshire survive legal challenge, 18 Sep '12
Scottish Government approves subsidies for incineration, 13 September '12
Glasgow-Polmadie
- Public meeting called for Monday 3 September to decide
action on plans to build toxic incinerator
A call to action against big biomass in
Cumbria, and an event invitation for Scottish Activists for your diary, 13 August 2012
Dumfries - Cancer fears threaten incinerator plan, 22 July 2012
Dumfries gasification re-starts after breaching emission limits, 6 July 2012
Petition to Scottish Parliament calling for recycling facilities in schools, 2 July 2012
Dumfries
incinerator emits two and a half times the legal limit of
dioxins, June 2012
Zero Waste Scotland launches £900,000 fund as part of a recycling rewards trial, 11 June 2012
Consultation on Recycling, Biogas & Gasification & Plant in Glasgow, 7 June 2012
Dumfries
contractor in administration, 25 May 2012
Widespread anger as Grundon Waste Management turns up the heat on council, Friday 11 May 2012
MSPs
join biomass subsidies protest, 18 April 2012UKPA
Invergordon
-l Fayed slams council incinerator move, 19 Apr 2012
Council confirms opposition to £43million Invergordon plant
Newton
Mearns - Briefing Note 23, 16 April 2012
GAINS Response to Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (draft) laid before Parliament on 15 March 2012
Waste
Regulations laid before Scottish Parliament, 23 March 2012
Newton Mearns
Briefing Notes no.19 - 14th. March 2012
Stirling - Throsk incinerator refused planning permission, 6 March 2012
Aberdeen Council wants new incinerator as part of new waste management system, 15 Feb 2012
Dunbar - Waste 'import' consultation on 22 & 23 February
Perth and Kinross Council publishes reasons for rejecting Grundon incinerator, 13 Feb 2012
Forth Energy pulls Leith biomass application, 9 February 2012 (external
link, opens in new window)
Newton Mearns Campaign update, 9th. Feb 2012
Stirling
- Provost waste plant bid gets fair hearing, 10 Feb 2012
Dunbar
- Viridor bids to get Glasgow’s waste, 5 Feb 2012
UK
wastes billions as scrap is sent abroad, 4 Feb 2012
Stirling
--Throsk waste plant plan gets fresh airing, 3 Feb 2012
Revised
Perth incinerator plan rejected, 3 Feb 2012
Scottish landfill operator unveils cutting edge
MRF/RDF facility, 2 Feb 2012
Newton
Mearns, Briefing Notes no.16 - 31st. Jan 2012
Perth
- Community council speaks out over Grundon proposals, 31 Jan 2012
Perth - Dewar's Rink is venue for Grundon application hearing on Friday 3 February, 10am
Court
of Session uphold South Lanarkshire Council's decision to
pass waste incinerator at Dovesdale Farm, 25 Jan 2012
Newton Mearns Briefing Notes no.14 - 21st. Jan 2012
Monklands - Report from Maggie on incinerator court case, 20 January 2012
Dunbar - Viridor seeking to 'import' waste, 19 Jan 2012
First day of appeal against Monklands incinerator proposal, 19 January 2012
Monklands - Elaine Smith MSP supports local campaigners against plans for a pyrolysis plant in
Monklands, 18 January 2012
GAINS response to consultation on ROC subsidies for energy generated by waste incineration, 13 January 2012
Newton Mearns incinerator goes back to stage one, 13 Jan 2012
Carnbroe-Monklands - Bus to Court of Session in Edinburgh for Monklands incinerator case on 19/20 Jan
Perth
incinerator - Likely date for planning decision is 3rd
February 2012
Three waste incinerators and a 'refuse derived fuel' plant planned for west of Scotland, 11 Jan 2012
Maggie asks residents of Monklands to attend court case on 19th and 20th January 2012
Clydeport owners unveil £180m plan to turn rubbish into power and hot water for Glasgow, 11 January 2012
Newton Mearns Briefing Note 12, 29th. December 2011
Concern over revised application for an incinerator in Perth, letter published in Perthshire Advertiser on 23 Dec 2011
NEWTON
MEARNS - URGENT - Everyone who is opposed to the incinerator - SEND YOUR OBJECTION TO THE COUNCIL'S 'MAIN ISSUES REPORT', 16 December 2011
Full
Council must rule on Binn Farm's gasifier plan, letter
published in Perthshire Advertiser on 9 December 2011
Polmadie incinerator decision tomorrow, 7 Dec 2011
Perth Council ignores SITA's misleading statement to Development Control Committee, 4 December 2011
Scotland’s recycling hits 44%, 30 November 2011
Binn
Farm, Perth - SITA UK responds to claims it misled Perth & Kinross Council over gasifier, 30 Nov 2011
Viridor in line for £250 million Glasgow contract,
30 November 2011
Polmadie, Glasgow - £150m trash plan for city, 29 Nov 2011
Glasgow, Polmadie - Anger at £150m power plant plan, 30 Nov 2011
How green is your council? League table of rubbish recycling revealed, 30 November 2011
Scottish Government Consultation on Waste Prevention
Programme, December 2011
Edinburgh terminates waste procurement to save jobs, 28 Nov 2011
Binn
Farm, Perth - Claims council were misled over plans for incinerator, 26 Nov 2011
GAINS
PRESS RELEASE Development Control Committee misled over incinerator application, Friday 11 November 2011
Newton
Mearns - Lifetime Recycling Village - LRV 10 Briefing note
8th Nov 2011
PRESS RELEASE
5 Nov 2011- Scottish Government spent just £1.26m on improving recycling infrastructure since
2007
Scottish Government spent just £1.26m on improving recycling infrastructure since 2007, 1 Nov 2011
Alert
your MSP to biomass dangers, 4 Nov 2011
Irresponsible
view? Dovesdale court case begins, 27 Oct 2011
Monklands court case set for January, 27 Oct 2011
Scottish Government asks for comments on proposal to maintain high subsidies for waste gasification and
pyrolysis, October 2011
Binn Farm - Gasification fears contemptuously dismissed, 24 October 2011
Abernethy
resident blasts Perth and Kinross Council over incinerator
decision, Fri 21 October 2011
ROCs review plans could see EfW subsidy halved, 20 Oct 2011
Binn
Farm 'cleaner' plant backed by councillors, 20 October
2011
Binn Farm - Complaint to Perth and Kinross
Council re behaviour of Development Control Committee, 20 October 2011
Binn
Farm gasifier approved, Wed 19 Oct 2011
Perth planners recommend approval of gasification incinerator at Binn Farm, 19 October 2011
Staggering cost of running
Dundee's incinerator, 17 Oct 2011
Scottish Government announces new Zero Waste Regulations, 14 Oct 2011
Environmental watchdog objects to controversial Perth incinerator, STV report, 12 Oct 2011
Perth
- Incinerator firm ask SEPA for more time, Oct 10 2011
Binn
Farm - Council will consider incinerator on 19 October
SEPA raises concerns over Grundon application, 5 Oct 2011
MSPs speak out over incineration issue, 5 Oct 2011
Council to consider Binn Farm gasification incinerator on 19 October 2011
Remade in Edinburgh invites you to their party tomorrow, Friday 30 Sept, 10am-1pm
Incineration documentary makers
seek views of GAINS supporters on trailer, 28 Sept 2011
GAINS
submits Freedom of Information inquiry to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Thursday 29 Sept 2011
Take
part right now - Call 4 action to stop Forth Energy's
unsustainable giant biomass plants, 27 September
“Moving Planet”: Edinburgh march, cycle and rally on 350 Global Day of Climate Action, 24 Sept 2011
Plasma
firm supplying technology for Grundon's Perth project
secures further funding, 19 Sept 2011
WWF
Scotland expresses concern over increase in incineration, 18 Sept.
LibDem MSP attacks SNP over Dovesdale incinerator, 15 Sept 2011
Scottish Parliament debates incineration, 15 Sept 2011
Greens call for moratorium on waste incinerators, 15 Sept 2011
Scottish Parliament to debate incineration on Thursday 15 September
Nappy days! Britain's mountain of disposables recycled into roof tiles in CO2-saving measure, 13 Sept 2011
Nappy
recycler opens UK plant, plans more in Scotland and London 13 Sept 2011
Row as South Lanarkshire Council’s award £459m waste contract, Sep 8 2011
Newton Mearns - 2000 join in march against
million-tonne waste plant, 5 September 2011
Lanarkshire
protestors ask you to write to your MSP to support motion,
5 September
Newton Mearns - Protest march and rally organised for Sunday 4th September, 2pm at Mearns Primary School
Protest over proposed Loganswell waste energy plant, 4 September
Incinerator campaigners call for council action, Sep 2 2011
Newton
Mearns - LRV newsletter, 29th August 2011
Greengairs
group speak out over incinerator “inconsistency”, 31
Aug 2011
Sign the new Incineration Tax Petition, 17 August 2011
Perth & Kinross - 24 Aug is deadline for waste survey
Forth
Energy campaigners to protest in September
Environmentalist calls for
help to make Perth 'Transition Town', 9 August 2011
Coatbridge
- Local CEO condemns Carnbroe incinerator plans, 9 August 2011
Sepa: the sleeping watchdog,
Sunday Herald, 24 July 2011
Perth
incinerator campaign is online hit, 19 July 2011
Perth councillor Peter Barrett ups the ante in opposition to waste incinerator, 9 July 2011 -
external link
Friends
of the Earth ask you to email your MP to stop the
incinerator threat, 8 July 2011
Call from Coatbridge - email Minister now, 8 July 2011
Coatbridge residents challenge minister, 7 July 2011
Fresh doubts over Leith Biomass plant, 1 July 2011 -
external link
Scottish Parliament rejects core of petition demand, 28 June 2011
Perth protestors warn of "incinerator fatigue", 25 June 2011
Anti-incinerator petition, Jun 24 2011 -
external link
Dundee
student fined over biomass protest — then graduates 24
hours later, 24 June - external link
Campaigners claim new incinerator plan poses greater risk to public, Courier and Advertiser, 24 June 2011
Perth
- Anti-incinerator petition, 24 June 2011 - external
link
Perth could be new Bhopal - stack claim - 24 June 2011
Binn Farm - SEPA announces 28-day consultation period for draft permit, 24 June 2011
Perth
- Scaled-down plans for incinerator put to council by Grundon Waste Management, 23 June 2011 -
external link
Protestors
stage massive demo at Shawhead, 22 June - external link
Power plant protesters fined after bringing docks to a standstill, 22 June 2011 - external link
Carcinogenic Dioxins and Biomass Wood Combustion - letter to Guardian, 21 June 2011
Biomass jobs cost £1-2 million each, 21 June 2011
Dundee
biomass plant plans put on hold while parties agree air
quality monitoring programme, 20 June 2011 - external
link
Coatbridge protestors demand response from Ministers, 19 June
Waste
plant challenge to Government, 18 Jun 2011 - external
link
Hundreds
protest in Coatbridge, 18 June
Row
over Dovesdale plant rumbles on, Jun 16 2011 - external
link
Petition
to be heard on 28 June 2011
Forth
Energy biomass proposals, update 13 June 2011
Monklands - Campaigners call on locals to boycott Simon Howie products, 13 June 2011 -
external link
COATBRIDGE DEMO, SATURDAY 18 JUNE, MIDDAY
Row over SNP Minister's stance on Dovesdale decision, Jun 9 2011 -
external link
Monklands - meeting today (5pm), PLUS NOTICE OF BIG DEMO ON 18 June
Perth
- Parents urged to make their voices heard on the
incinerator issue - Letter published in
Perthshire Advertiser, 7 June
Peterhead - £60million plant unveiled, June 4 2011
MRAPP
calls on Monklands residents to attend meeting on 7 June
2011
Elaine Smith hits back at Howie's accusation of
scaremongering, 3 June 2011
Pyrolosis
plant boss claims MSP is a scaremongerer, 3 June 2011 - external
link
MSP questions Scottish Government minister over Carnbroe pyrolosis plant, 2 June 2011
MSP
calls for biomass plant air quality answers, 31 May 2011
- external link
Burning
Question: Why is PKC incinerating more of our household
waste? 31 May 2011
Rallying call to opponents of plans for incinerator, 28 May 2011
GAINS asks local MSPs for their views on Binn Farm and Shore Road incinerator proposals, 27 May 2011
Wishart
warns against incinerator pay-out, 27 May 2011 - external
link
Council
must 'bite the bullet' on incinerator, Tue 24 May 2011
Potential 'lethal' risk for Perth, Dundee Courier, 21 May 2011
'Together
we will see off latest plan', 20 May 2011
Perth incinerator 2 fears, May 20 2011-
external link
Carnbroe pyrolysis plant given the go-ahead, May 19 2011
- external link
MP says Grundon's perseverance is like a 'noose round the necks' of Perth folk, 19 May 2011
- external link
Grundon Waste Management lodge modified proposals for incinerator at Perth,
18 May 2011, external link
Environmental and human rights activists block off port to stop Forth Energy’s "mad“ biomass plans, 17 May 2011
Arrests after protesters bring Grangemouth docks to standstill over power station plans, 16 May 2011
Watch
this 2 minute FOE film, then write to your MP, 16 May 2011
- external link
Biomass
Firm's Planning Call, 11 May 2011
Recycling
company admits £78m ‘mistake’, 10 May 2011 - external
link
SITA
UK subject to enforcement notice, 6 May 2011
How hazardous waste in Lanarkshire had an effect at
Holyrood, May 9, 2011 - external link
Forth Energy’s ‘Renewable’ energy plans not green, say environmentalists, 26 April 2011
Greens vow to oppose incinerators, The Press Association,
22 Apr - external link
Greens vow to oppose incinerators, Brechin Advertiser,
22 Apr
Greens support for communities in fight against incinerators, stv.tv,
21 Apr - external link
Peterhead
gasifier application imminent, 19 April 2011 - external
link
Carnbroe
- Reporter's decision expected in mid-May (11 Apr)
Incineration lazy landfill alternative, says Greens,
11 April 2011
American
groups objects to Forth Energy biomass plans, 30 March - external
link
Dargavel
(Scotgen, Dumfries) update from SEPA, 30 March 2011
Ministers refuse to `call in’ Dovesdale incinerator planning application, 24 Mar 2011
- external link
Buchan group on the warpath as incinerator row ignites,
23 Mar - external link
Edinburgh and Midlothian submit waste plant plans,
21 March 2011 - external link
GAINS gives presentation in Newton
Mearns, Sunday 20 March 2011
£860 Million for Renewable Heat - WWF Scotland Comment, 10 Mar 2011
- external link
Visit
to Dumfries gasifier reveals dirty truth, 9 February 2011
Businessman
Al Fayed joins fight against Invergordon incinerator, 8
Mar 2011 (external link to STV report)
Leith deadline Fri 11 - last chance to object
Dundee
- Forth Energy denies government bias, 7 March 2011
(external link)
Dundee
campaigners claim objections snub,
3 February 2011 - external link
28
Feb - GAINS submits response to proposed Zero Waste Regulations
Councillors
vote to fight Grangemouth biomass plant, 26 Feb 2011
Demo
at Holyrood - article and photos, 24 Feb (external link)
Invitation
to Leith
biomass protest at Parliament, 24 Feb
Loganswell
Farm - online petition set up by local MSP, 22 Feb 2011
Falkirk
Council opposes biomass burner, 11 Feb 2011
Carnbroe - today is last day of incinerator appeal, Fri 18 Feb
Angry exchanges at Leith biomass meeting,
10 Feb 2011 - external link
ICARE seeks support for a
public inquiry in Invergordon,
7 February 2011
Waste
firm Grundon to return with proposals for Perth plant, 29
January 2011 - external link
TEG Environmental Ltd fined £14,000 for environmental breaches,
26 Jan 2011 - external link
Council
wants answers before giving biomass plan response, 25 Jan
2011
GAINS
to present petition to Scottish Parliament on 11 January
Invergordon
- Government concedes defeat in court battle, 22 Dec
Viridor wins appeal for Scottish EfW facility, 15 Dec
Loss-making DERL plant to get £1m from Dundee City Council, 13 December 2010
The
Big Rally, as reported in the Dundee Courier on Saturday
16 October
The
Big Rally - Friday 15 Oct, 11.30am, SNP conference, Perth
Concern Hall
Dovesdale
group alerts Lanark residents about incinerator proposals,
29 September (external link)
Dovesdale
Action Group announces new website, 11 July 2010
Scotgen
submits planning application, 2 July 2010
PRESS RELEASE
9 June - Zero Waste Plan threat
Stonehouse
gasifier - Scotgen still accepting comments - 7 June
Dundee Council warned on debt burden from incinerator, 5 June 2011
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UK
& INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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Defra drops funding for final three waste
incinerator PFIs, 22 Feb 2013
WRAP
warns against incinerator overcapacity, 7 Dec 2012
Florence Zero Waste
Altermeeting: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and REDESIGN, 24 Sep 2012
Energy from waste subsidies blamed for paper mill closures, 24 Sep 2012
Fly in the ashes:
Covanta caught dumping dioxin-laden ash, 5 July 2012
GAIA announces new publication - On the Road to Zero Waste, 20 June 2012
EC could make 2014 year of food waste, 20 Jan 2012
Covanta ends renewable-energy funds quest, 8 December 2011
No to dirty
CDM!, Call for end to UN subsidies for incineration and landfill, 8 December 2011
Indian waste workers fear loss of income from trash-to-electricity projects, 21 November 2011
Spelman halts waste incinerator as DECC ignores advice to withdraw support, 10 Nov 2011
Bioenergy opponents denounce latest Renewable Energy support scheme, 21 October 2011
Commitment to 70% Recycling Rate by EU Paper Industry, 17 Oct 2011
Study: Maryland. trash-burning power plants pollute more than coal, 13 October 2011
Vancouver - Trash-to-energy proposal troubles Fraser Valley voters, 13 October 2011
“Beautiful politics is the politicians working with the activists” – Zero Waste international meeting in Capannori, 8-9th October 2011
New EU's Resource Efficiency roadmap points in the Zero Waste direction, 20 Sept 2011
BBC Cymru Wales investigates plans for Merthyr incinerator, 19 Sept 2011
UN Human Rights Report Calls for An End to Medical Waste Incineration, 14 Sept 2011
Nappy days! Britain's mountain of disposables recycled into roof tiles in CO2-saving measure, 13 Sept 2011
Nappy
recycler opens UK plant, plans more in Scotland and London 13 Sept 2011
Harrisburg USA, the incinerator that kept burning cash, 13 Sept 2011
Plans submitted for “waste train” scheme to burn region’s rubbish in the north east, Sept 12 2011
Waste
Review in Danger of Reversing Progress, June 13 2011 - external
link
UK’s
first nappy recycling plant to open in summer, 10 June
2011 - external link
New
debate over Detroit's incinerator, 31 Mar 2011 - external link
Pollution fear cancels Beijing power plant plan, 3 Mar 11
Two more victories in Massachusetts, 16 Nov 2010
Waste giant loses UK secrecy court battle, 29 Oct 2010
From
Waste To Energy – The World Can Learn From Kerala, India, 11 Oct
(external link)
EPA
Sets First National Limits to Reduce Mercury and Other Toxic
Emissions from Cement Plants, 9 August 2010
Gormley’s
American nemesis in US waste wars, 4 July
Europe
lowers emission monitoring requirements, comment
`Abnormal' emissions at Isle of Wight
gasifier, 27 May 2010
Shanks
to send RDF to Dutch incinerator
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STORIES - Click here
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FEATURED
ARTICLES
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Press Release:
Scotland throws cash at incinerators, but spends pittance on
recycling, 4 Feb 2013
More incineration than trash to burn threatens recycling in
Europe, Jan 2013
Spanish
study shows increased risk of cancer near incinerators, Dec 2012
2011 Sita discussion of European incineration overcapacity
A 2011 report by a Sita executive is well worth reading for an insight into how the waste industry view the issue of incineration overcapacity in
Europe...read more
Closed loop society could be 'just a decade away', 28 May 2012
A circular economy where waste considerations are built into the lifecycle of product manufacture could be a reality within 10
years...read more
Accumulating
'microplastic' threat to shores, BBC report 27 Jan 2012
Economist slams waste PFI and calls for incineration tax, 20 Jan 2012
Letter from GAINS to Andrew Robertson, Chairman of Glasgow NHS
regarding proposed Polmadie incinerator, 12 Dec 2011, and his reply
Policy makers should regard the enormous burden of disease caused by waste incinerator emissions, 17 Nov 2011
Localism Bill
will require community agreement with waste proposals, as Spelman withdraws Government support for Norfolk incinerator, 12 Nov
Communities Against Toxics publishes newsletter, 29 September 2011
Health burden of waste incinerators in Seoul,
Scientific study published Sept 2011
The burning issue,
Sunday Herald, 18 Sept 2011 - Revealed: the plans to build a new wave of the waste incinerators that have communities up in arms
China:
POPs levels in air near MSW incinerator - report from 2010
Sweden: Brominated dioxins contribute up to 15% of total dioxin TEQ in human tissue &
plasma - report from 2010
The story of the Sint-Niklaas (Belgium) waste incinerator - 1977-2009
Excessive
Subsidies for Waste Wood Incineration, 15 July 2010 -
external link
to UKwin website
BIOMASS
INCINERATORS – Separating Fact from Fiction, 3 July 2010
(external link)
30
March 2010
5
SCOTTISH INCINERATORS DEFEATED SINCE AUG '09
Communities
in Carnbroe, Perth, Invergordon, Dunbar and Peterhead have successfully
campaigned against the award of planning permission for huge waste
incinerators on their doorsteps - READ
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OPINION
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Opinion - why Leith needs
biomass, 11 Mar 2011 - external link to Guardian blog
Opinion - Leith doesn't need biomass,
8 March 2011 - external link to Guardian
Two
sides to the biomass debate, 19 Jan 2011
Biofuels Fallacy: Why Burning Plants Instead of Fossil Fuels Won't Save the Climate
Anguish at Lochhead's broken promises, 14.6.10
Supporting incineration is the counsel of despair, 23 May 2010
IT'S
TIME TO TAKE CONTROL, 6 March 2010. Leading
environmental campaigners have backed calls for the
anti-incineration movement to take control in local government.
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