Press release -- new report exposes contradictions between EU waste management policy and support for the carbon market.

This article describes an important change of EU policy that considerably reduces the scope for incineration of waste in the EU, by encouraging member countries to avoid burning compostables and recyclables in incinerators.

Paris, le 30 Septembre 2011 – En cette journée mondiale contre l’incinération des déchets, les Amis de la Terre, le Centre national d’information indépendante sur les déchets (Cniid) et la Fondation France Libertés s’associent à l’appel du réseau mondial GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) pour demander la suppression des aides publiques aux « énergies sales » tirées de nos déchets.

Protest walk against Davyhulme Incinerator was organized by the Breathe Clean Air Group (BCAG, UK). The activity is also part of the "2011 Global Day of Action Against Waste and Incineration."

URMSTON'S Breathe Clean Air Group is planning a protest march on October 1 to coincide with a global day of action against waste and incineration.

The city government officials of the southern Dalmatian town Kastel Sucurac, environmental activists and some residents have protested against the permission given to cement company Cemex to burn allegedly harmful wooden railway sleepers in their town.