Representation by Louise Cater
- Date submitted
- 6 October 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
A report done by dispatches recently concludes: Despite the cases put forward for waste incineration, the report illustrates why incineration cannot be considered a ‘green’ or low carbon source of electricity, especially over a 15-year window. In fact, it tells us that incineration will become more carbon-intensive than landfilling in the UK by 2035 as well as a major source of toxic air pollution. Reference ClientEarth Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS) has published a report highlighting the negative climate impacts of the energy-from-waste (EfW) process of energy generation. The climate change impact of burning municipal waste in Scotland measured the impacts of burning municipal waste in six of Scotland’s EfW plants in terms of carbon intensity and greenhouse gas emissions. This study finds that the carbon intensity of the country’s EfW plants was twice as high as the UK national grid average, which it says contradicts any claim that it can be considered a low-carbon technology. REFERENCE Iain Gulland, chief executive of Zero Waste Scotland YOUR CLAIMS OF MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ENERGY ARE BASED ON A PERIOD OF CARBON INTENSIVE ENERGY USE AND NOT BASED ON OUR CURRENT PLANS TO DRASTICALLY REDUCE CARBONISATION. SO YOUR CLAIMS ARE BOGUS AND PUT THE GOVERNMENT'S PROMISE TO BE CARBON NEUTRAL IN DOUBT!!!