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UKWIN is an independent organisation representing a network of groups opposing the expansion of waste incineration in the UK.
Joined August 2014
🔴 BREAKING: Analysis from @PriceofOil and @corporateeurope reveals €17+ billion of public funds poured into #CCS in Europe since 2001. After decades of failures, fossil fuel ties keep influencing the EU Commission at the #ICMForum. Read more 👇 https://t.co/tFs39p1pyN
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Redcar & Cleveland requires overcapacity analysis before agreeing £2.1bn incinerator contract https://t.co/QX1CLNmJWG
resource.co
Council passes motion also requiring carbon liability guarantees before committing to 40-year contract for residual treatment
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"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 @PlasticEveryday blogpost at: https://t.co/z1MAyDSCxe
#betterthanburning
everydayplastic.org
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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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! https://t.co/f0kxK6IjAI
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🏭🔥♻🖉 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
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I have written to my MP Steve Yemm to call on him to press the Government to update waste planning policies without delay, strengthen regulation of the incineration industry, and begin work on new measures to halve residual waste. Join me by going to
ukwin.eaction.org.uk
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Burning plastic at SELCHP incinerator, Deptford - what's coming out of the flue? https://t.co/oLaR3kXHm4
salamandernews.org
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...
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SenseMaker podcast by @ObserverUK 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. https://t.co/8oVASOnnSv
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BREAKING‼️BCP Council’s Western Planning Committee *REFUSES* MVV’s application to build Canford incinerator Here’s just a tiny fraction of the people who worked hard for this result. And of the public who sent hundreds of emails to their councillors. #StopCanfordIncinerator
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The folly of long-term incinerator contracts
northeastbylines.co.uk
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?
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MPs spoke against 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. Watch https://t.co/ORoz4Y5lNw
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In Westminster Hall, MPs are holding a debate on waste incinerators, put forward by @BaggyShanker 📚Read the @commonslibrary debate pack: https://t.co/VIkHmVtvIT 📺Watch now on Parliament live: https://t.co/yZ5nwr1DCd
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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: https://t.co/lk7tF7yCdS
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https://t.co/f0kxK6HLLa 3rd April: MPs debate 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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Some MPs have confirmed that they will be speaking against incineration at the forthcoming Parliamentary debate on Thursday the 3rd of April. Ask your MP to take part in just a few clicks at https://t.co/f0kxK6HLLa
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Introduce a moratorium on new waste incinerators like in Scotland & Wales, ban new permits, require existing permits to be revoked where substantial construction not begun. 5,000+ signatures please sign & share. https://t.co/FImMribxJD
@UKWIN_Network
petition.parliament.uk
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.
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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. https://t.co/7AQkyr9d8t
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https://t.co/mY2ObvVGlv Can we get to 3,000 signatures before the start of the weekend?
petition.parliament.uk
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.
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♻️🔥 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
https://t.co/f0kxK6HLLa
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