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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.

www.everydayplastic.org

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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!

ukwin.eaction.org.uk/NoMoreIncine...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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UK Without Incineration Network @ukwin.bsky.social · Apr 2

Is your MP speaking at tomorrow's Parliamentary debate on waste incinerators to be held tomorrow (3rd April) from 1:30pm? Watch it live online at: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

Parliamentlive.tv

Westminster Hall

parliamentlive.tv

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Zero Waste Europe @zerowasteeurope.eu · Apr 1

🚨 Europe’s incinerators are poisoning communities and getting away with it.

Our new biomonitoring reports found:

🥚 Record-breaking dioxins in backyard eggs (Spain)
🏫 Toxic chemicals in schoolyards (France)
🧪 PFAS pollution on par with chemical plants (Netherlands)

📎 Reports below 👇

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Extinction Rebellion Wimborne @xrwimborne.bsky.social · Mar 29

Thank you @vikkislademp.bsky.social You are of course also a councillor on BCP Council so it would be great if you could use your voice + influence to #StopCanfordIncinerator

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UK Without Incineration Network @ukwin.bsky.social · Mar 27

ukwin.eaction.org.uk/NoMoreIncine...

3rd April: MPs debate waste incineration for first time this Parliament. Ask your MP to urgent the Government to protect recycling, air quality, and waste reduction by doing more to prevent waste incineration projects which have yet to be built from going ahead.

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UK Without Incineration Network @ukwin.bsky.social · Mar 18

Read the opinion piece 'Waste Incineration: How necessary is it?' by UKWIN's Coordinators in the Institute of Environmental Science's magazine. Other articles also cover relevant topics like: incineration, air quality, health and environmental justice. www.the-ies.org/resources/pl...

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UK Without Incineration Network @ukwin.bsky.social · Mar 14

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... Can we get to 3,000 signatures before the start of the weekend?

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 · Mar 11

♻️🔥 Dozens of MPs have already been contacted—now it’s your turn! England’s incineration capacity is set to surge by 27%, threatening recycling and the circular economy. Tell your MP to call on the Government to act now! ✉️ #NoMoreIncinerators #CircularEconomy ukwin.eaction.org.uk/NoMoreIncine...

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · Mar 5

🚨 82 civil society organisations have signed the Beyond Bioenergy statement.

Current EU #bioenergy policies are harming our climate, nature and food security. This must change.

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

UK Government accept we are burning too much that could be recycled, but is not doing enough to prevent the problem getting worse. Ask your MP to protect the environment and our health by pushing the Government to go further in their incinerator crackdown. ukwin.eaction.org.uk/NoMoreIncine...

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UK Without Incineration Network @ukwin.bsky.social · Feb 18

Campaigners are looking for financial support to bring a legal challenge against a waste incinerator permit issued by the local council.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Help raise £10000 to support the JUDICIAL REVIEW CHALLENGE – SOWERBY BRIDGE (BELMONT) INCINERATOR – ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT

Iʼm raising money to support the JUDICIAL REVIEW CHALLENGE – SOWERBY BRIDGE (BELMONT) INCINERATOR – ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

www.justgiving.com

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UK Without Incineration Network @ukwin.bsky.social · Jan 23

According to a report published by the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM): "Some power and heat can be recovered from incinerating waste, but given the UK’s relatively green grid, EfW [incineration] is not a low-carbon form of energy". 🔥⚠️

www.ciwm.co.uk/ciwm/news/20...

Shaping Future Financial and Fiscal Policies for a More Circular Economy in the UK – CIWM Report

www.ciwm.co.uk

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Dr Pete Knapp @peteknapp.bsky.social · Jan 20

"It’s time for London to adopt a total ban on wood burning, just as progressive cities have done."

My interview with The Green Londoner

thegreenlondoner.co.uk/how-wood-bur...

How wood burning fuels London’s air pollution: Insights from an air quality expert - The Green Londoner

Peter Knapp- The smell of the air around London over the last weekends is enough to tell you that wood burning is a significant part of the air pollution.

thegreenlondoner.co.uk

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Zero Waste Europe @zerowasteeurope.eu · Jan 21

“I had 2 options: bow my head or fight. And I've chosen to fight”✊

Imagine a Europe where every community takes charge of its environment.

European citizens are partnering w/ scientists & using biomonitoring to discover the harmful effects of waste incineration. Full video: www.thetruetoxictoll.eu

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