Replace Incineration with Better Waste Options

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Replace Incineration with Better Waste Options

Birmingham City Council

Let’s challenge Birmingham City Council to stop burning 75% of the waste that they collect from households and businesses, in a burner that emitted over 300,000 tonnes of climate-changing carbon dioxide in 2019. The sky is full!

Instead, we ask that they plan for the waste items to be re-used, recycled, composted or digested.

We need plenty of names of people who live, study or work in Birmingham.

Petition below is supported by Birmingham Friends of the Earth, Climate Action West Midlands, Footsteps Faiths for a Low Carbon Future, Peace Hub Quaker Peace & Justice, and Jai Jagat UK.

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Birmingham Friends of the Earth

To: Birmingham City Council
From: [Your Name]

We the undersigned, who live or work in the City of Birmingham,

Call on Birmingham City Council to produce a Plan, based on environmental best practice, to:

· End the burning of mixed waste at the council’s Tyseley incinerator, so that the City of Birmingham can conform to the targets of Zero Carbon emissions by 2030 and Clean Air in the city;

· Introduce separated collections of household waste (including food and textiles) so it can be beneficially re-used, recycled, composted or digested;

· Involve citizens in co-designing the most suitable schemes, and then in making the change.