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This year, my non-negotiable wishes for a truly circular EU: 🔥 Full cost coverage in EPR – producers pay the real cost or target stay on paper. 🔥 A binding residual waste target + incineration in the EU ETS + cap-and-trade. 🔥 Strong “treatment before landfill” rules – landfill as a true last resort.

UK Environment Agency says only hazardous waste incinerators can potentially destroy PFAS - needing >1,100°C for full mineralisation. Most municipal incinerators run at 850–1,000°C, meaning they’re not suitable for PFAS waste. Relying on them risks spreading, not solving, the problem. 🔥♨️

Incinerator bottom ash isn’t “circular” - it’s toxic. ⚠️ Contains heavy metals, dioxins, PFAS 💧 Leaches into soil & groundwater 🌬️ Can become airborne ⏳ Pollution lasts decades Using IBA in construction spreads contamination, not circularity. @ec.europa.eu

Incineration destroys the critical raw materials Europe needs. 🔋 70–90% of lithium 🔧 30–60% of cobalt & nickel 🌍 Up to 80% of rare earths …all volatilise or end up in toxic residues. 🔥 Bottom line: burning waste = burning strategic resources.

MP Dr Andrew Murrison delivered a strong speech calling for an end to new incinerators in England - and he WON the vote to introduce the Bill. www.facebook.com/reel/1296103... #UKParliament#StopIncineration #ZeroWaste

🔥 Sofia shows us why incineration is a dead end for the Western Balkans. Real solutions lie in prevention, recycling, and community-based circular systems - not burning our future. ♻️ Let’s choose zero waste, not zero hope. bankwatch.org/blog/sofia-s...

Biowaste is the EU’s missed climate win - and most CEE countries still rely on mixed waste collections. Separate biowaste collection now → lower methane, higher recycling, real climate impact. 📘 From cost to value report out now.

Our colleague @janekvahk.bsky.social returned from #COP30 and his reflections are worth your time. The good news? Zero waste solutions are gaining serious recognition as vital climate strategies. The reality check? Incineration still gets 94% of waste sector financing. Read it all on the link 👇

Post-COP30 depression is real. One day you’re in the sun eating açaí… next day it’s 1°C, dark, and your kids are using you as a trampoline. Was it all just a dream? 😅🌧️ #COP30 #BackToReality

COP30 ➜ COP31 🇹🇷 Türkiye’s zero-waste push has big visibility (thanks to the First Lady), but lately incineration has slipped into the picture… so lots to navigate next year. Onwards. 🔥

Hello! Excited to see what you’ll bring to COP30! We’re covering it live every day – join us: www.wedonthavetime.org/events/cop30... #COP30Live #WeDontHaveTime

Live today at the CDR Pavilion at #COP30! Joining a panel on how carbon pricing can cut emissions in the waste sector without burdening citizens. I’ll be presenting ZWE’s new report: “Waste incineration under the EU ETS - climate & employment impacts.” #EUETS #ClimateAction #JustTransition

The momentum for climate action is building at #COP30! 🌍 @janekvahk.bsky.social is speaking at two events today: 🌬️ LOW-methane in action: Reducing organic waste in Dhaka (10:00 BRT) 🍌 From pledges to practice: Implementing and financing food waste reduction after COP30 (17:15 BRT)

COP30 set bold commitments to cut global food waste - now it’s time to turn pledges into action. 🌍 Join us to explore practical solutions, from EPR to methane credits and prevention strategies, and how governments can drive real impact. #COP30 #FoodWaste #ClimateAction #CircularEconomy

Join us at COP30 on 19 Nov, 16:30–17:30 to turn food-waste pledges into action! 🌍 With speakers from GFN, WRAP, Carrot & Zero Waste Europe, we’ll dig into EPR, methane credits & real prevention solutions. #COP30 #FoodWaste #ZeroWaste

Excited for Week 2 of #COP30 - kicking off with our event on 19 Nov, 16:30–17:30: From Pledges to Practice: Implementing & Financing Food-Waste Reduction After COP30. We’ll dive into how countries and cities can turn commitments into real action, from EPR for food waste to methane credits.

🌴Team Break on Ilha de Cotijuba! Today we’re swapping our desks for sand, sea, and fresh island air. Cotijuba is a stunning Environmental Protection Area just off the coast of Belém 20 km of wild, peaceful beaches and nature at its best. Our day: boat ride, breakfast, a light hike, lunch + dessert

Marching for the climate today in Belém! 🌎 (Well… not too hot, that’s the whole point.) I’ll be out there walking, talking, and probably sweating—so come join me before I melt! 😅

Week one at #COP30: chaotic, inspiring, and somehow survived. 🌍🔥 Life in Casa Latina, nonstop events, and the best part, conversations that mattered more than any panel. On to week two. Boa noite, Belém. ✨🌙

COPs are wild - a million events at once, empty panels, mystery guests, and everyone sprinting to anything with free snacks. If you’re confused, congrats, you’re doing it right. 😂 #COP30”

🚨@UNEP just launched a breakthrough to help cities halve waste & cut emissions 🌍💚 Now we need real action — policies, funding & #EPR for food products to make it happen. #COP30 #ZeroWaste #CircularEconomy

Happening now at #COP30 💬 The EU made history with the first-ever prevention targets 🙌 Now it’s time to walk the talk - let’s make producers responsible for the full costs of food waste through #EPR! #ZeroWaste #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #ClimateAction #COP30

Fresh from Brazil 🇧🇷: Instituto Pólis just dropped a must-read report busting the “waste-to-energy” myth. 🔥 Launched at #COP30 - and guess who didn’t like it? 😏 bit.ly/4r2AHOE

At #COP30, waste incineration companies rebrand as “waste-to-energy” & “valorisation.” Sounds clean - until you remember Lausanne 🇨🇭, where dioxins from an old incinerator still poison soil. Burning waste isn’t climate action - it’s toxic PR. 💀🔥 bit.ly/4oEpzpC

⏰ Happening at 15:30 today at #COP30! What’s smarter for residual waste - chasing landfill gas or stopping it before it starts? Join @zerowasteeurope.eu @ISWA, and @Instituto 17 for a lively debate on methane prevention vs. gas capture. No screen, but plenty of Belgian chocolate. 🍫

Today at COP30 (15:30, Nordic Pavilion): 🔥 Pre-treatment vs. Gas Capture — what really works to cut methane? Join James Law, Janek Vahk & Vanice Nakano (mod. Ian McKee). 🍫 Belgian chocolate for the brave! #ClimateAction #ZeroWaste

Serious talk, sweet ending 🍫 Join us today (Nov 12, 15:30) at the Nordic Pavilion #COP30 for a debate on Pre-treatment vs. Gas Capture - which really cuts methane best? Come for the science, stay for the Belgian chocolate! 🌍 #COP30 #Methane

Methane is no joke - but our session has chocolate 😏 Nov 12, 15:30 @ Nordic Pavilion, COP30: Pre-treatment vs. Gas Capture Science, debate, and Belgian chocolate. What more could you want? 🍫🌍 #COP30

At WastMAP at Work (Super Pollutants Pavilion) at #COP30 we shared how #ForkToFarm + GMH work with 15 cities across 6 countries to improve waste data. Many gaps remain, but open datasets like Italy 🇮🇹 & Catalonia 🇪🇸 show what’s possible. Global KPI framework coming soon! 🌍♻️

Today at #COP30 🌍 I’m joining @zerowasteeurope.eu & WBA for “Preventing Methane, Powering Change” - a discussion on how #biowaste & #biogas can cut methane and power real #climateaction. 🕚 11:00–12:00 local time

At the pre-COP30 Catadores event in Belém — Brazil’s first composting center led by waste pickers is now a reality! Just the beginning of a nationwide effort to cut methane and empower communities. 🌎💚

A levy on non‑collected WEEE isn’t bad in itself - but if funds aren’t reinvested in collection & sorting, it risks becoming another “plastic packaging tax” scenario: Member States paying from public budgets. bit.ly/4ob2fiw

Landfill limits ≠ circular economy. As the EU considers cap-and-trade for landfills, @zerowasteeurope.eu calls for a scheme that covers all residual waste. That’s how to build a truly circular, climate-smart Europe. bit.ly/48grBXA

A circular economy isn’t about moving waste from landfill to incineration. As the EU consults on cap-and-trade for landfills, we call for one on all residual waste - to drive prevention, reuse & repair. bit.ly/48grBXA

What if the EU rewarded countries for cutting all residual waste - not just what’s landfilled? That’s what a cap-and-trade on residuals could do. Smart. Fair. Circular. ♻️ #CircularEconomyAct bit.ly/48grBXA

🔥 Happening today at 14:00 CEST! Join “Better than burning”, an online debate with a lawyer, doctor & activists on the hidden dangers of waste incineration for our health, climate & communities. 🌍 Don’t miss it – grab your spot bit.ly/4gRL6YM

🌍🔥 Today is a Day of Action against Waste Incineration! Join us in our #BetterThanBurning campaign and stand up for real solutions: prevention, reuse, recycling, and a future without burning waste. Let’s build a cleaner, healthier world together. 💚

🔥 Is burning waste really “green”? Communities, doctors, lawyers, and activists say NO. Join us Oct 14, 14:00–15:00 for Better than Burning: Stories from the Ground 🌱 Real stories. Real risks. 🚫 Stop waste incineration. 🌱 Start zero-waste action. 👉 Register: bit.ly/4pm5KnI

Europe is drowning in rubbish. 🚮 For years, the EU said burning waste is better than landfill. But new evidence shows: 🔥 Incineration costs more. 🔥 Destroys materials we could reuse/recycle. 🔥 Doesn’t deliver the promised benefits. So why are we still paying more for worse outcomes? bit.ly/4mwqXtc

MYTH: Incinerators make waste “disappear.” FACT: For every 100 tons burned, up to 30 tons of toxic ash remain - and it still goes to landfill.

They told you waste incineration was green energy. Here’s what they didn’t tell you… 🧵

Hey @mircosoft.bsky.social buying CDR credits from Oslo's waste incinerator is the wrong move. BioCCS comes from biowaste—new EU rules mandate separate collection. That waste should become compost, not CO₂. Soil needs nutrients, not smoke.

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...