Blog: Toxics

The Basingstoke incinerator - poisoning food, risking health

Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Publication date: June 2002

Summary
The Basingstoke incinerator, which is due to completed in October, will burn ninety thousand tonnes of household rubbish every year. It is one of three currently under construction in Hampshire and will burn municipal waste from the north of the county. It is owned and will be operated by French waste disposal company Onyx.

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SELCHP media briefing

Publication date: 
27 February, 2002

SELCHP incinerator - a risk to human health

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The Environmental Trust: As a pollutant, waste demands controls

Publication date: 
7 February, 2002

As an embodiment of accumulated energy and materials it invites an alternative.
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How to comply with the landfill directive without incineration: A Greenpeace blueprint

Publication date: 
9 November, 2001

This report details a practical strategy which local authorities can use to achieve maximum recycling rates and safely deal with residual waste. Reviewed and endorsed as practical and entirely achievable by Biffa Waste, the report illustrates possible options with examples of techniques and technology from around the world as well as in the UK. 

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Great myths of the incineration industry

Publication date: 
30 October, 2001

Emissions from modern incinerators pose no health risk Anyone who says modern incinerators are safe is either misinformed or lying.

Everyone knows the chemicals created and released during incineration process are dangerous. No one knows if the volumes discharged even from the most modern incinerators are safe.

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Table of current incinerator proposals

Publication date: 
30 April, 2001

Table showing MPs with incinerators or proposed incinerators (NFFO contracts)in their constituency.

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Food, the environment and Genetically Modified Organisms

Publication date: 
30 March, 2000

Current intensive farming practices rely on the use of artificial chemicals and, unlike organic farming methods, inflict significant environmental damage. Genetic engineering represents an escalation of these intensive farming practices. It threatens the environment and potentially human health and will contaminate non-GM and organic crops.

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Alan Watson comments on the Byker Ash report

Publication date: 
28 February, 2001

Comments on the "Report on the analysis of PCDD/PCDF and heavy metals in soil and egg samples related to the Byker incinerator"

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Phthalates in PVC medical products from 12 countries

Publication date: 
30 October, 1999

By: Joseph Di Gangi, PhD
Greenpeace USA

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Poison underfoot

Publication date: 
22 February, 2001

Hazardous Chemicals in PVC Flooring and Hazardous Chemicals in Carpets

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