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Reading Against the Incinerator (RATI) @incineratorrati.bsky.social · 1d

Civil society, businesses, and cities urge the European Commission to reform Extended Producer Responsibility

A coalition of 38 civil society organisations urged a reboot of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in a letter to European Commission.

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Reading Against the Incinerator (RATI) @incineratorrati.bsky.social · 2d

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Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder - carbon offsetting is a con. We have to BOTH stop burning fossil fuels and look after nature

#ClimateEmergency #NatureCrisis

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Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

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Reading Against the Incinerator (RATI) @incineratorrati.bsky.social · 2d

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Reading Against the Incinerator (RATI) @incineratorrati.bsky.social · 2d

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Rescue Me - Recycle

Recycle Week 2025: 22-28 September 2025We’re continuing last year’s campaign theme, giving it a revamp and adding new items. By giving commonly binned items a personality, Recycle Now helps people rea...

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Reading Against the Incinerator (RATI) @incineratorrati.bsky.social · 2d

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We need Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policy for textiles

A comprehensive circular economy approach is the only solution that can match the scale of the global textile waste problem.

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 2d

The @metoffice.gov.uk use weather station observations to reconstruct changes in UK average temperature since 1884.

@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social produce the ERA5 reanalysis which reconstructs global weather every hour back to 1950 using a weather forecast model.

Their estimates agree. Just sayin'.

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Reading Against the Incinerator (RATI) @incineratorrati.bsky.social · 2d

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How UK Extended Producer Responsibility Impacts Retail

The UK’s Extended Producer Responsibility scheme begins in October 2025, shifting packaging waste costs to business and piling pressure on retailers

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Reading Against the Incinerator (RATI) @incineratorrati.bsky.social · 2d

Waste management being devolved throughout the UK has resulted in Wales and Scotland imposing a moratorium on those waste incinerators seeking approval or those approved but yet to be built out. The majority of England's MP continue to deny English citizens of such an opportunity.

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Carly Reddington @drcarlyreddington.bsky.social · 6d

🚨Our new paper introduces the #AirQualityStripes – a visual tool to show how outdoor air pollution (PM2.5) has changed in 🌍 cities since 1850. Inspired by the iconic #WarmingStripes. Led by @kirstypringle.bsky.social & @jimmcquaid.bsky.social
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Reading Against the Incinerator (RATI) @incineratorrati.bsky.social · 6d

Reading Against the Incinerator Group join 156 organisations issuing a joint letter to President Ursula von der Leyen, EU Commissioners, and national ministers calling for an immediate moratorium new waste incineration facilities across the European Union (EU).
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Reading Against the Incinerator (RATI) @incineratorrati.bsky.social · 6d

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Better than burning: calling for a moratorium on incineration - Zero Waste Europe

Communities and organisations across Europe are united behind a simple truth: we can do better than burning our waste. And the solutions to stop waste incineration once and for all are already here. ”...

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UK Without Incineration Network @ukwin.bsky.social · 8d

Care about ♻recycling♻, 🌎the environment🌎, ☁air quality☁?

Write to your English MP calling on them to press the UK Government to better regulate waste incineration and prioritise recycling because we can do #BetterThanBurning!

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UK Without Incineration Network @ukwin.bsky.social · 8d

"If we want a fairer, circular future, we must stop building more incinerators and instead invest in solutions that cut plastic production, reduce waste, and scale up reuse and recycling."

Check out the Everyday Plastic blogpost at: www.everydayplastic.org/blog/2025/9/... #betterthanburning

Better than burning - Why we need to stop waste incineration

Everyday Plastic joins 155 groups for Europe’s Day of Action Against Incineration, calling for a ban on new plants and real waste solutions.

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Reading Against the Incinerator (RATI) @incineratorrati.bsky.social · 6d

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Better than burning: calling for a moratorium on incineration - Zero Waste Europe

Communities and organisations across Europe are united behind a simple truth: we can do better than burning our waste. And the solutions to stop waste incineration once and for all are already here. ”...

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Reading Against the Incinerator (RATI) @incineratorrati.bsky.social · 16d

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Plans for controversial incinerator dismissed in 'victory for common sense'

One councillor said they didn't know a single resident in favour of the plan

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Reading Against the Incinerator (RATI) @incineratorrati.bsky.social · 16d

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Climate Action Secretary urged to intervene and block Ayrshire incinerator permit

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners have branded the Scottish Government’s incinerator ban as “worthless” and urged the Climate Action Secretary to…

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Reading Against the Incinerator (RATI) @incineratorrati.bsky.social · 16d

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MP Steve Barclay issues rallying message in the next steps to stop incinerator

Lobbying Cambridgeshire County Councillors to stop the authority issuing a waste contract is the next step in preventing the Wisbech incinerator…

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Reading Against the Incinerator (RATI) @incineratorrati.bsky.social · 21d

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Food waste targets and textiles EPR greenlit by European Parliament - letsrecycle.com

The European Parliament has today (9 September 2025) given its final approval to revisions of the EU’s Waste Framework Directive (WFD).

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Reading Against the Incinerator (RATI) @incineratorrati.bsky.social · 21d

“.....the most effective way to mitigate cost pressures associated with waste is for businesses to double down on circularity."

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