Environmental campaigners have welcomed the Scottish Government’s commitment to ban new incinerators as an important step forwards and urged Ministers to next tackle the impact of existing incinerators.
Minister for the Circular Economy Lorna Slater today announced that the Scottish Government would ensure that no further planning permission is granted to new incinerators, as recommended by an independent review.
Kim Pratt, Friends of the Earth Scotland Circular Economy Campaigner said:
“The Scottish Government’s ban on new incinerators is very welcome news and must mark the beginning of the end for these polluting projects that keep us locked into sending valuable resources up in smoke.
