Research finds the expansion of EU incineration capacity 'unnecessary and avoidable'

Plan is key step in country’s aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 51 per cent

The approval is conditional on the basis of total compliance with a commitments package

The legislation is tasked with bringing export policy in line with the waste treatment hierarchy

Records show the sites have been emitting the gas at a rate of 8,800kg per hour

Eurostat’s recent statistics summarise packaging waste developments between 2009-2019

Otto de Bont, CEO of Renewi, argues that the UK Government needs to learn from its continental neighbours and do more to support use of secondary resources rather than virgin materials.

European Environmental Bureau says practice contradicts EU Green Deal and Circular Economy Action Plan

The law will be implemented in stages to allow manufacturers time to find alternative solutions

The paper advocates the removal of incineration from residual waste strategy in order to achieve circularity