Garbage incineration plant. Waste incinerator plant with smoking smokestack. The problem of environmental pollution by factories. Increasing waste incineration capacity in European Union’s countries ...

In a recent commentary, Mary Urban, WIN Waste Innovation’s senior director of communications and community, states that “waste-to-energy facilities do not adversely impact human health” based on a ...

A report, "Incineration and Human Health," released by Greenpeace today identifies more than a dozen serious health effects experienced by workers and local communities at or near incinerators. The ...

Ana Baptista is a board member of the non profit organization, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA). She is affiliated with GAIA. U.S. cities have been burning municipal solid waste ...

After nearly two years of negotiations, Lancaster County’s waste authority has hired Covanta to continue to operate and maintain its trash-to-energy incinerators in the county and Harrisburg. New ...

I have chosen to start this article by presenting a letter that was sent by European Civil Society Organizations to Ursula von der Leyen a few weeks ago, on 30 September, 2025. To: Ursula von der ...

For the U.K., plastic waste incineration presents a major stumbling block in attempts to achieve net-zero emissions. According to an open letter compiled by a coalition of campaigners, an increase in ...

Drive down Interstate 95 through Baltimore and you can’t miss the Wheelabrator trash incinerator, its smokestack emblazoned with the city’s name. The Charm City’s single largest source of industrial ...

As part of our immersive field course, we visited Amager Bakke, a waste incinerator in Copenhagen, Denmark. The plant was built in 2016 by Amager Resource Center, a management company owned by the ...