New figures, published by watchdog SEPA, show a huge surge in waste burned from 2022 to 2023 of 15.4 per cent.
The Scottish Government has “lost control” of incineration, it’s been claimed, after the burning of waste jumped by 15 per cent in a year.
Green groups said the figures have “flatlined for a decade” despite SNP ministers previously pledging to reach 60 per cent recycling by 2020. The stats on waste-burning, meanwhile, come despite Holyrood chiefs introducing a ban on new incinerators in 2022. “It’s meaningless to ban new incinerators if you’re not going to make sure that it actually stops more waste being burnt. Runaway incineration rates are causing climate-wrecking emissions and air pollution across Scotland.
She added: “The Scottish Government is failing to make progress with household recycling, and Scotland has fallen well behind our neighbours."
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