Consumption of Chemical and waste

Burning Plastic Waste: The Toxic Gases and Health Risks

Burning plastic waste releases toxic gases including dioxins and furans, as well as CO2 emissions, making plastic incineration one of the hidden drivers...

How Communities Can Refuse Incineration and Win

Communities can refuse incineration by organizing early, demanding air-quality monitoring, and advancing zero waste plans before waste-to-energy contracts are signed. That single sequence...

Waste-to-Energy Incineration: The Facts, Costs & Risks

If your community is being pitched a “waste-to-energy” incinerator as a clean, modern fix for its garbage, this page equips you to evaluate...

WHEN THEY WIN, THE WORLD WINS.

20 Inspiring Stories of Victory Against Incinerators October 14, 2026 Over the past 25 years of GAIA, we have seen more than 375 incinerators shut...

GAIA’s “Burn Book” Documents the Hazards of the Waste-Burning Industry

Despite the high-tech name of “waste-to-energy” and its sustainability claims, GAIA’s documentation of the financial, climate, and human health impacts of twenty incinerators...

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