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Friends of the Earth slams Scottish government for failed plastic incineration ban
ENVIRONMENTALISTS have slammed the Scottish government’s failure to keep a promise to outlaw the incineration of plastics by 2030.
The SNP-led administration banned new incinerators last year on the recommendation of an independent review into the industry.
But investment in “waste to heat” systems, rather than incineration phase-out, represents a failure to heed the review’s recommendations, according to Friends of the Earth Scotland.
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