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GAIA Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social · 8d

📢We need real solutions like zero waste, not false ones.

Join us on Sept 30 for the Day of Action Against Incineration.

@zerowasteeurope.eu: zerowasteeurope.eu/campaign/bet...

@zerowasteasia.bsky.social:
www.no-burn.org/wp-content/u...

#BurnNot, #GoForZeroWaste! #BetterThanBurning

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No Incinerator 4 Horsham @ni4h.bsky.social · 8d

No Incinerator 4 Horsham Community Group signed the joint letter for a moratorium on waste incineration.

Zero Waste Europe @zerowasteeurope.eu · 8d

NEW: 156 organisations call for EU-wide ban on new waste incineration.

Why?
🔥 EU already has 60M tonne overcapacity crisis.
🌍 Higher carbon emissions than many energy sources.
♻️ Blocks circular economy progress.
☠️ Toxic chemicals found in nearby communities.

Joint letter: www.betterthanburning.eu

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UK Without Incineration Network @ukwin.bsky.social · 9d

www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/whittle...

Whittlesey residents call for stronger oversight of Saxon Pit and Wisbech Incinerator - News for Peterborough and Cambridgeshire

A residents’ group in Whittlesey is urging regulators to strengthen oversight of local waste operations, warning that public confidence has eroded and long-term health and environmental risks remain u...

www.cambsnews.co.uk

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Zero Waste Europe @zerowasteeurope.eu · 14d

🚨 Harmful chemicals from waste incineration found in French schools 🚨

Waste incineration is neither safe nor sustainable, putting human health & the environment at risk. These findings are yet more evidence of that.

It’s time to make waste incineration a thing of the past.

Report: zurl.co/iLYBa

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Zero Waste Europe @zerowasteeurope.eu · 14d

🔭 Europe can make EPR more than waste collection, let’s turn it into a circularity engine!
Join our webinar on 7 Oct, 10:30-12 CEST, for insights, stories & expert tips on reuse, repair & accountability.
👉 Register: zurl.co/RwOn9
#CircularEconomyAct #ReformEPR #BreaktheSingleUseBias

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UK Without Incineration Network @ukwin.bsky.social · 29d

@ollyglover.bsky.social Thanks for taking up the issue of incineration being a barrier to the circular economy with Defra Olly!

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No Incinerator 4 Horsham @ni4h.bsky.social · Sep 2

🔥♻️ Write to your MP & sign petition before 7.9, press Government to update planning policies, strengthen regulation of incineration industry & halve residual waste.
ni4h.org/index.php/20... @ukwin.bsky.social @plumeplotter.com

New Write to Your MP Action

ni4h.org

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Salamander News @salamandernews.org · Aug 20

Our plastic waste is burnt here in New Cross.

Ever worried about what might be coming from the flue?

www.salamandernews.org/25-08-discar...

Our discarded plastic is burnt at SELCHP incinerator, Deptford - what's coming out of the flue?

The facility has been burning household waste since 1993, and much of that waste is plastics. But concerns about the chemicals in plastics, and the dangers of air pollution, have grown. Wales offers...

www.salamandernews.org

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Salamander News @salamandernews.org · Aug 20

We need to cut plastics production but fossil fuel lobbyists are blocking this.

The fight goes on.

Camilla Berens from Greenwich & Lewisham Greenpeace reports

www.salamandernews.org/25-08-plasti...

Plastics: from pollution to solution

Plastic pollution is out of control and environmental groups have been pushing to secure a global agreement to tackle it. Fossil fuel lobbyists again blocked a full treaty that would cut plastic prod...

www.salamandernews.org

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UK Without Incineration Network @ukwin.bsky.social · Sep 1

🏭🔥♻🖉 Call on your MP to press Government to update waste planning policies, strengthen incineration industry regulation, and begin work on new measures to halve residual waste. ukwin.eaction.org.uk/NoMoreIncine...

Make your voice count on incineration policy

ukwin.eaction.org.uk

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Reading Against the Incinerator (RATI) @incineratorrati.bsky.social · Aug 15

www.no-burn.org/gaias-statem...

GAIA’s Statement on the Chair’s New Text (August 15) at Plastics Treaty Negotiations (INC-5.2)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 15 August 2025 Geneva, Switzerland-- The chair’s text, released in the middle of the night, is barely an improvement over the previous chair’s text that was decisively rejected ...

www.no-burn.org

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Zero Waste Europe @zerowasteeurope.eu · Jul 31

There would be no ZWE without Joan Marc Simon—that's a fact 💯

When he founded ZWE in 2010, he knew something needed fixing: our broken system churning out mountains of waste.

15 years later, JM's mission is as clear as ever: developing economic incentives.

Learn more: zurl.co/10YEB #MeetTheTeam

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No Incinerator 4 Horsham @ni4h.bsky.social · Jul 31

❗️At 100,000 signatures, this petition will be considered for debate in Parliament. Please sign and share on your social media & with 5 or more people you know from across the country, & ask them to share too. Thanks❗️ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
@ukwin.bsky.social

Petition: Ban new waste incinerators and revoke permits where building has not begun

Introduce a moratorium on new waste incinerators like in Scotland and Wales, and ban new permits and require existing permits to be revoked where substantial construction has not begun.

petition.parliament.uk

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

Sensemaker podcast by @theobserveruk.bsky.social has spoken to campaigners against the Jurassic Coast incinerator proposed for Portland. It was recorded before the good news about leave to appeal the planning legal challenge was granted. observer.co.uk/listen/today...

Is burning waste the answer to the UK’s energy needs?

The government is planning on building a new generation of incinerators to generate electricity - including one on England’s renowned Jurassic coast.

observer.co.uk

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UK Without Incineration Network @ukwin.bsky.social · Jun 3

The folly of long-term incinerator contracts northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...

The folly of long-term incinerator contracts

In Grangetown, where healthy life expectancy is 51.5, a 30-year waste deal risks locking in pollution and blocking progress. Will Teesside councils act?

northeastbylines.co.uk

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No Incinerator 4 Horsham @ni4h.bsky.social · May 16

Please SIGN and SHARE across the UK every signature counts. Thank you. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

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No Incinerator 4 Horsham @ni4h.bsky.social · Apr 28

Please SIGN and SEND to 10 people most likely to respond - it all helps. Thank you.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

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No Incinerator 4 Horsham @ni4h.bsky.social · Apr 28

Please SIGN and SEND to 10 people most likely to respond - it all helps. Thank you.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

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No Incinerator 4 Horsham @ni4h.bsky.social · Apr 27

UK incineration overcapacity. Hidden impacts waste incineration on food, soil & water. Substantial construction not begun on Horsham & other incinerators. Recent backbench waste incineration debate at 100,000 signatures petition considered for Parliament debate petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Petition: Ban new waste incinerators and revoke permits where building has not begun

Introduce a moratorium on new waste incinerators like in Scotland and Wales, and ban new permits and require existing permits to be revoked where substantial construction has not begun.

petition.parliament.uk

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · Apr 21

What I remember with particular gratitude is his extraordinary environmental leadership, on what he called “care for our common home”, with the publication of Laudato Si’ www.vatican.va/content/fran...

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No Incinerator 4 Horsham @ni4h.bsky.social · Apr 21

🔥 100,000 signatures petition will be considered for Parliament debate
🌎 Introduce a moratorium on new waste incinerators like in Scotland and Wales, and ban new permits and require existing permits to be revoked where substantial construction has not begun
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Petition: Ban new waste incinerators and revoke permits where building has not begun

Introduce a moratorium on new waste incinerators like in Scotland and Wales, and ban new permits and require existing permits to be revoked where substantial construction has not begun.

petition.parliament.uk

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No Incinerator 4 Horsham @ni4h.bsky.social · Apr 5

❗️🔥♻️PLEASE SIGN & SHARE "Ban new waste incinerators and revoke permits where building has not begun."
• at 10,000 signatures government will respond
• at 100,000 considered for Parliament debate ♻️🔥❗️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Petition: Ban new waste incinerators and revoke permits where building has not begun

Introduce a moratorium on new waste incinerators like in Scotland and Wales, and ban new permits and require existing permits to be revoked where substantial construction has not begun.

petition.parliament.uk

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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · Apr 4

“We cannot see the toxic air we are breathing in everyday, but hopefully this statue will remind us to stop and think, and for decision makers and politicians to do what is right and clean up the air we breathe.” ❤️ @ellarobertafdn.bsky.social

Ella Kissi-Debrah: Statue unveiled of London girl who inspired Sadiq Khan's Ulez

Statue funded by public donations stands same height as nine-year-old Ella

www.standard.co.uk

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UK Without Incineration Network @ukwin.bsky.social · Apr 3

MPs told Parliament about incineration: Baggy Shanker, Catherine Atkinson, Ben Obese-Jecty, Lee Barron, Samantha Niblett, Lincoln Jopp, Julie Minns, Jeremy Corbyn, Lloyd Hatton, Steve Barclay, Josh Fenton-Glynn, Euan Stainbank, Luke Taylor, and Robbie Moore. See www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

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Zero Waste Europe @zerowasteeurope.eu · Apr 2

"Waste-to-energy plants in Europe emit dioxins and greenhouse gases, proving that this supposed 'solution' is, in fact, costly both to people's health and their pocketbooks" - Danita Zarichinova, ZaZemiata/Friends of the Earth Bulgaria.

Read the full open letter: www.no-burn.org/UN-HABITAT-n...

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