14 Dec 2010:
PlanningResource: "London secures £2.9 million investment in waste infrastructure"
The London Waste and Recycling Board (LWRB) will provide £1 million of funding to Green Tech to support a 25,000 tonne plastics recycling facility in the London Borough of Enfield. The LWRB is also putting £1.9 million towards London’s first anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, a 30,000 tonne facility to be developed by TEG Environmental.
12 Nov 2010:
PlanningResource: "Incinerator exam slated"
"A Conservative MP has slammed the Infrastructure Planning Commission for requiring the public to read a 7,000-page document before objecting to an incinerator."
November 2010:
'Friends of the Earth' Presentation on 'Zero Waste' in a Houses of Parliament Seminar
7 Nov 2010: (from August)
'Friends of the Earth' Presentation on 'Zero Waste' in a Houses of Parliament Seminar
7 Nov 2010: (from August)
Independent on Sunday: "UK may have to import rubbish for incinerators"
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Link to Independent |
"The UK has 25 waste incinerators, but, according to the UK Without Incineration Network, there are a further 65 "potential" incinerators outlined for England."
5 Nov 2010:
UKWIN: "PFI funding withdrawn for six incinerator proposals" [including North London Waste Authority]
"Explaining its decision, DEFRA said the projects, 'on reasonable assumptions, will no longer be needed to meet landfill diversion targets set by the European Union'.”
"Zero Waste:
The Cost Effective and Sustainable Alternative to Incineration"
The Cost Effective and Sustainable Alternative to Incineration"
Presentation by Professor Paul Connett
House of Commons, Tuesday 2nd November, 6pm

He is a world expert on waste management issues, specialising in the dangers of waste incineration, and in safer and more sustainable non-burn alternatives.
The main objective is to raise awareness among parliamentarians/policy makers about the issues and arguments for 'zero waste' strategies, and highlight the problems associated with waste incineration. The event will follow a meeting the previous week between Prof. Connett and DEFRA civil servants.
Try asking nicely for a ticket for the above meeting, from: Gloucestershire Against Incinerators.
Try asking nicely for a ticket for the above meeting, from: Gloucestershire Against Incinerators.
Paul Connett - "The only man who can make waste sound interesting"
"(3) INCINERATOR" - Brent Cross Cricklewood incinerator