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Over 30,000 tonnes of waste put out every year for recycling in Scotland end up being burnt in incinerators and causing climate pollution, according to an investigation by The Ferret. More than 12 per cent of waste collected for recycling by 17 councils is sent to energy-from-waste combustion plants. In Edinburgh the figure is 29 per cent, in West Lothian 27 per cent, in Glasgow 16 per cent and in Aberdeen 15 per cent. Campaigners have attacked councils for “sending valuable resources up in smoke” and “harming recycling”. Experts cautioned that incineration could no longer be regarded as a “low-carbon” industry. Councils pointed out that a proportion of the waste collected for recycling was contaminated by food, nappies, plastic wrappers and other items that couldn’t be recycled. It was better to convert this into energy than to dump in landfill sites, they argued.
CAMPAIGNERS against the Keighley incinerator have abandoned their plans for a judicial review - but they insist the fight is far from over. In December 2020 the Environment Agency decided to formally approve the Environmental Permit application for the incinerator which is four miles from Ilkley Moor. The scheme has prompted strong local opposition and a campaign by Aire Valley Against Incineration. Simon Shimbles, Chair of the AVAI steering committee, announced this week: Since December AVAI have reviewed the process followed by the Environment Agency to see if we could challenge it by way of Judicial Review in the courts. There followed a very exhaustive review by the team and after input from our legal and scientific advisors, we sent a Pre Action Protocol letter to the Environment Agency. The response from this has now been shared with and reviewed by our legal team.