Say NO to waste incinerator at Killoch, Ochiltree

31/01/2025

We've been to Parliament!
Details follow tomorrow....

26/01/2024

Press release January 2024 from We Say NO Group

Following the update from East Ayrshire planning on Thursday 25th January 2024, stating that Barr have withdrawn their application 21/0369/pp for an Energy Recovery Park at the Killoch site just outside Ochiltree. The We Say No group are extremely happy with this outcome. The group truly believe this is the best outcome for our community, the environment and that incineration is not the way forward for Scotland and its future moving towards a circular economy.
We would like to thank everyone who helped the group, whether it be writing objections, sharing our campaign or demonstrating to raise awareness of the issue. We have shown that perseverance and people making their voices known does make a difference. The Scottish Monomorium on Incineration and resulting recommendations from Dr Colin Church has shown that we need to look for better and greener alternatives to Scotland waste as we move to a circular economy.
We would like to especially thank UKWIN Shlomo and Josh, Kim Pratt from Friend of the earth Scotland, John Young from the Dovesdale group and also Local MSP’s Elaina Whitham and Carol Mochan who all supported the group.
The group will continue to monitor for any future updates or planning for this site to ensure it's a benefit to the surrounding communities.
WE SAY NO

25/01/2024

Finally we have an update for everyone !!!!! We have just confirmed that:
Barr have officially withdrawn their application with East Ayrshire council planning for the incinerator at Killoch. It’s been 4 long years of this group fighting against the incinerator but it has paid off. Everyone who has objected to the incinerator will in the next weeks receive correspondence for the council by letting confirming this and the withdrawal letter will be added to the planning portal soon. A huge thank to everyone who has helped the group welcome everyone.

09/11/2023

📋 🏭 Genuine steps must be taken to minimise local pollution and health risks from waste incinerators. Much more could be done including better technology, higher stacks, greater controls over feedstocks, and more rigorous monitoring and enforcement.
🔎 See ‘Incinerators & Health: Fact or Fiction?’ at https://ukwin.org.uk/health/

24/12/2022

18/10/2022

Hey everyone I know we haven’t had much news about the incinerator recently… but we are still on the case. The application is still live in planning and we await news of the full council planning meeting so We still need need your support.

01/09/2022

https://chng.it/CrRmPxYmpf

Barr/Killoch Incinerator, East Ayrshire, Cumnock.

23/06/2022

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/question-marks-remain-over-100m-27259690

The Scottish Government will accept all 12 recommendations from an independent review into the role of incineration in the waste hierarchy in Scotland.

20/06/2022

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/100m-incinerator-plan-ayrshire-dealt-26934686

17/06/2022

‼️ We Need to Keep Fighting‼️

As a group we absolutely welcome the Ministerial statement from the Scottish Government accepting all the recommendations from the independent review into the roll of Waste Incinerators.

BUT yes there is a but - although the Scottish Government confirmed there will be no further applications for Waste Incinerators in Scotland the Barr application is a live and undecided application. This means East Ayrshire Council may have to still determine whether they approve or disapprove the application. If they are minded to approve the application they will need to alert the Scottish Ministers who can then make the decision or refer it back to the Council.

However, the group will fight that the Waste Incinerator approved in Irvine has sufficient capacity to serve all 3 of the Ayrshire’s Council’s waste and will mean less transportation on rural roads and long diverts to avoid bridge height limits and will reduce the amount of vehicle emissions.

Going on past figures the total waste landfilled by all 3 Ayrshire Council’s in 2020 was 49,362 tonnes the planned and consented Waste Incinerator at Irvine will have the capacity to run 180,000 tonnes meaning we will have major overcapacity within Ayrshire without even considering the Barr application for Killoch.

So although the review and Ministerial Statement to accept all the recommendations is good news we MUST still keep fighting! All we can do now is wait on East Ayrshire Council announcing when the public meeting of the Full Council will be held to make a decision on the current application.

The group would also like to express our thanks to two of our local MSP’s Carol Mochan and Elena Whitham for all their support so far and helping us to fight this all the way and also for standing up at the Ministerial Statement on Thursday to ask further questions around the review and specifically the Killoch application. We also would like to thank Dr Colin Church for allowing the group to take part in consultations around the independent review and welcome the recommendations.

You can find out more about the review at https://www.gov.scot/publications/stop-sort-burn-bury-independent-review-role-incineration-waste-hierarchy-scotland/pages/3/

15/06/2022

All 👀 👀 are on the Scottish Parliament on Thursday afternoon where they will announce a ‘Ministerial Statement: Role of Incineration in the Waste Hierarchy’ via Lorna Slater MSP, The Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity (and member of the Scottish Green Party).

The We Say No to the incinerator at Killoch Ochiltree group and campaigners across Scotland representing communities, hope the Scottish Government will implement the recommendations of the review and extend further provisions to protect our communities and environment from the impact of incineration.

Further, we hope the Minister will commit to introducing measures highlighted in the Green Party’s own manifesto to, “Oppose the construction of new incinerators as they alleviate the pressure to reduce waste, cause air pollution and are bad for the climate.” and “Replace landfill tax with a local waste disposal tax to disincentivise incineration and waste exports.”.

You can read more about the review and recommendations at the following link - https://www.gov.scot/publications/stop-sort-burn-bury-independent-review-role-incineration-waste-hierarchy-scotland/

To keep updated on the proceedings of the Scottish Parliament on Thursday you can watch this through Parliament TV which can be accessed at the following link https://www.scottishparliament.tv/

12/06/2022

Last day for objection !!!!