Watch: Our waste petition is presented to Full Council Meeting
On Tuesday 1 December 2020 our petition was present to the Meeting of The City Council. The petition calling for an end to incineration of council collected waste at Tyseley plant, was signed by hundreds of people and was presented by four senior Councillors from the...
Replace Incineration with Better Waste Options
Please help us challenge Birmingham City Council to stop burning 75% of the waste that they collect . You can sign the petition during November and we will be sending it to the Full Council Meeting at the start of December. The petition asks that they plan for the...
Stop Burning Birmingham’s Waste
Stop Burning Birmingham’s Waste – this great new video shows reps from 5 organisations speaking out about the Council-owned incinerator at Tyseley. Built to burn 350,000 tonnes of rubbish every year, we say it must be run down and alternatives put in place, urgently....
Steps to close the Tyseley Incinerator
A Walk took place on 21 September to the incinerator that burns our rubbish at Tyseley. It was supported by BFOE, Jai Jigit UK, CANWM, Footsteps, and the Peace Hub. We had written to all city councillors saying we are concerned that a new contract to run the...
Tyseley Incinerator Briefing Document for Birmingham City Councillors
The following briefing document was emailed to all Birmingham City Councillors. Briefing for Birmingham City Councillors 10th June 2020 From Birmingham Friends of the Earth Concerning the Tyseley Incinerator Our members live in all parts of Birmingham and we are...
Our position on developments with the incinerator
Birmingham Friends of the Earth is shocked to hear that a new contract to feed and to operate to 2034 the Council’s rubbish incinerator at Tyseley has been advertised, using ‘officers delegated authority’. This seems to us to ignore the Climate Emergency with its zero...
