Ban new waste incinerators and revoke permits where building has not begun
Introduce a moratorium on new waste incinerators like in Scotland and Wales, and ban new permits and require existing permits to be revoked where substantial construction has not begun.
Signatures
16,882
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 10,000/10,000 · reached
Debate threshold (100,000) · 16,882/100,000
- 07 SEPT 2025Petition closedFinal total: 16,882 signatures
- 14 MAY 2025Government respondedDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsGovernment reply
Government will only back waste incineration projects that meet strict conditions. New facilities will have to maximise efficiency, and support net zero and the move to a circular economy.
Read full response - 10 APR 202510,000 signatures reachedEligible for a government response
- 07 MAR 2025Petition opened for signatures
Background
We think incinerators detract from reusing, reducing, and recycling waste. They pollute the areas in which they are built.