The incineration of 358 tonnes of toxic waste from Bhopal's Union Carbide factory has been completed at a facility in ...

Research on direct health impacts of waste incineration in the United States is limited, but a handful of studies from Asia and Europe, where waste incinerators are prevalent, offer some insights.

PFAS, often called "forever chemicals," present in municipal solid waste can survive the high temperatures of waste incineration and continue to spread into the environment via residues from waste ...

2001-08-14 04:00:00 PDT Oakland-- An East Oakland medical waste incinerator, under fire from environmentalists who say it emits dangerous toxic substances, will reduce the amount of waste it burns ...

Incineration of waste materials converts the waste into ash, flue gas and heat. In some cases, the heat that is generated by incineration can be used to produce electric power.

There is a glaring lack of tracking for global recycling. Poor waste management is deeply connected to climate change, ...

At the moment, the Long Beach incinerator is funded through 2024. Environmental justice advocates hope that municipalities will stop spending money to burn their trash, and instead use that money to ...

Simply put, we generate a lot of garbage. In 2001, 20 municipal solid waste landfills accepted more than 9 billion pounds of waste generated by Washington state. Of this amount, 2.3 billion pounds ...

The data is clear: Waste incineration is not clean energy and underserved and overburdened communities, specifically in Baltimore, are often bearing the brunt of exposure to waste incinerators ...

After a tumultuous 33-year history that included state and federal fines, and a failed relocation to Tooele County, Stericycle has ended its waste incineration operations in North Salt Lake.