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How a third of our recycling is sent straight to the incinerator: Councils are ‘highly incentivised’

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How a third of our recycling is sent straight to the incinerator: Councils are ‘highly incentivised’ to send waste to rubbish-burning power plants More than third of recycling is burned rather than reused despite complex rules In Southend-on-Sea in Essex, 45 per cent of recycling is sent to an incinerator  Councils are ‘highly incentivised’ to … Read more

Alan Titchmarsh, Jeremy Hunt and Phil Spencer blast plans for waste incinerator

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A string of high profile names including celebrity gardener Alan Titchmarsh have submitted furious objections to plans for a ‘ruinous’ waste incinerator.   Waste contractor Veolia submitted plans in June to convert its site on the A31 near Alton in Hampshire into a waste incinerator.  But it has sparked a backlash from home owners in the … Read more