What is #zerowaste? In this blog, GAIA’s Global Zero Waste Cities Director Cecilia Allen urges everyone to “honor zero waste’s true spirit that drives systems change.” Reject harmful WTEs & false solutions, #GoForZeroWaste! READ: https://www.no-burn.org/defending-the-real-spirit-of-zero-waste/

There’s always something left behind when incinerators burn waste – ash, bits of ceramic, microplastics, metals, as well as a plethora of PFAS and POPs, many of them toxic to our health. What could one possibly do with such a hazardous mixture? Surely not allow it to enter the environment? 😬⚠️

For 22 years, @ukwin.bsky.social has made sure no community had to face an incinerator alone. 🔥🚫 We sat down with Shlomo Dowen (UKWIN coordinator) to trace how isolated local groups grew into a connected movement pushing back against incineration across the UK 🔗 Watch full interview: zurl.co/floJm

Tell Government to do more to tackle plastic and plastic incineration: ukwin.eaction.org.uk/plastic

🔥🧪A new long-awaited consultation on the UK’s furniture fire safety regulations is now open This is an important opportunity to promote effective and sustainable #FireSafety approaches for furniture without relying on harmful chemical #FlameRetardants. Find out more➡️ fidra.org.uk/news/new-con...

Thanks to everyone who took part in this year's Big Plastic Count. Too much plastic is being incinerated! This is terrible, as each tonne of plastic that is incinerated releases more than 2 tonnes of CO2. The plastics tap must be switched off. thebigplasticcount.com

📢 Next year, all our bin collections are changing as plastic film recycling collections are introduced. 38 groups say policy makers across the UK must make sure their plans are sustainable, fair and safe (including by avoiding incinerator lock-in): foe.scot/press-releas...

For comms, the needs of the audience must be no. 1️⃣ – and no matter who you’re trying to communicate to, they’re people first. ZWE's Head of Comms, @anaoliveira0519.bsky.social, sums it up: people connect with people, and a story always sticks with you more than any number could. zurl.co/DtDUo

From Lisbon to Ljubljana, 50 city officials, policymakers, & reuse pioneers are in DK today, and we couldn't be more excited 🦢 Together with Aarhus and Copenhagen, and with the support of TOMRA, New Loop and Mission Zero Academy, we’re kicking off a 2-day study tour on scaling urban reuse systems.

Please use the following link to register for this year's Big Plastic Count: tbpc2026.com/ukwin

The Big Plastic Count is back! Join the tens of thousands taking part in the UK’s biggest people-powered investigation into household plastic waste to uncover the true scale of the UK’s plastics crisis and to call on the government to do more. Sign up to count your plastic at tbpc2026.com/ukwin

Together with 29 other charities, community groups and campaigners, we have written to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy warning of grave missed opportunities in the Scottish Government's draft Circular Economy Strategy ✉️ www.scotsman.com/news/politic... (1/3)

25 years of community, movement-building & power. ▶️Our new video celebrates our collective achievements at GAIA, from our earliest days to a global network of 1,000+ organizations. Thank you for helping build a world that refuses to burn &chooses #zerowaste instead. #GAIA25 #PowerofMovementBuilding

🔴 BREAKING: Analysis from @oilchange.bsky.social and @corporateeurope.org 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 👇 www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/fa...

Please ask your MP to vote against incineration on Tues 25 November as per page 25 commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/991... Dr Andrew Murrison MP secured a 10-minute rule motion on waste incineration. Contact your MP ask them to vote to support this bill: ukwin.eaction.org.uk/NoMoreIncine...

I just wrote a @stopburningtrees.bsky.social letter to Drax's partners and the DSIT calling on them to reject and cut ties with Drax's AI Data Centre. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/say-...

"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 Everyday Plastic blogpost at: www.everydayplastic.org/blog/2025/9/... #betterthanburning

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! ukwin.eaction.org.uk/NoMoreIncine...

🚨 Harmful chemicals from waste incineration found in French schools 🚨 Waste incineration is neither safe nor sustainable, putting human health & the environment at risk. These findings are yet more evidence of that. It’s time to make waste incineration a thing of the past. Report: zurl.co/iLYBa

@ollyglover.bsky.social Thanks for taking up the issue of incineration being a barrier to the circular economy with Defra Olly!

🏭🔥♻🖉 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/NoMoreIncine...

We need to cut plastics production but fossil fuel lobbyists are blocking this. The fight goes on. Camilla Berens from Greenwich & Lewisham Greenpeace reports www.salamandernews.org/25-08-plasti...

Our plastic waste is burnt here in New Cross. Ever worried about what might be coming from the flue? www.salamandernews.org/25-08-discar...

There would be no ZWE without Joan Marc Simon—that's a fact 💯 When he founded ZWE in 2010, he knew something needed fixing: our broken system churning out mountains of waste. 15 years later, JM's mission is as clear as ever: developing economic incentives. Learn more: zurl.co/10YEB #MeetTheTeam

Sensemaker podcast by @theobserveruk.bsky.social 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. observer.co.uk/listen/today...

The folly of long-term incinerator contracts northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...

MPs told Parliament about 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. See www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

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: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

🚨 Europe’s incinerators are poisoning communities and getting away with it. Our new biomonitoring reports found: 🥚 Record-breaking dioxins in backyard eggs (Spain) 🏫 Toxic chemicals in schoolyards (France) 🧪 PFAS pollution on par with chemical plants (Netherlands) 📎 Reports below 👇

Thank you @vikkislademp.bsky.social You are of course also a councillor on BCP Council so it would be great if you could use your voice + influence to #StopCanfordIncinerator

ukwin.eaction.org.uk/NoMoreIncine... 3rd April: MPs debate waste 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.

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. www.the-ies.org/resources/pl...

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... Can we get to 3,000 signatures before the start of the weekend?

♻️🔥 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 #CircularEconomy ukwin.eaction.org.uk/NoMoreIncine...

🚨 82 civil society organisations have signed the Beyond Bioenergy statement. ​ Current EU #bioenergy policies are harming our climate, nature and food security. This must change.​

UK Government accept we are burning too much that could be recycled, but is not doing enough to prevent the problem getting worse. Ask your MP to protect the environment and our health by pushing the Government to go further in their incinerator crackdown. ukwin.eaction.org.uk/NoMoreIncine...

Campaigners are looking for financial support to bring a legal challenge against a waste incinerator permit issued by the local council. www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

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...

"It’s time for London to adopt a total ban on wood burning, just as progressive cities have done." My interview with The Green Londoner thegreenlondoner.co.uk/how-wood-bur...

“I had 2 options: bow my head or fight. And I've chosen to fight”✊ Imagine a Europe where every community takes charge of its environment. European citizens are partnering w/ scientists & using biomonitoring to discover the harmful effects of waste incineration. Full video: www.thetruetoxictoll.eu

♻🔥🗣 ukwin.eaction.org.uk/NoMoreIncine... To support recycling and protect the environment the UK Government needs to follow through on their promised crackdown on waste incinerators and finally bin the burners. Write to your MP today!