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 ...

This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For decades, Europe has poured millions of tons of its trash into ...

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 ...

Fluoropolymers have become an integral part of modern society, both in industrial and consumer applications. When these high-performance materials reach the end of their useful life, they can end up ...

For years, Maryland climate activists have fought to repeal a law passed in 2011 meant to encourage the construction of new trash incinerators in Frederick County and South Baltimore, which were never ...

Landfill waste produces 11% of global methane emissions, with waste third-largest GHG emitter in Europe's cities Stopping organic waste going to landfill critical, as it produces methane when ...

When you throw something in the garbage, chances are you never think about it again. But this trash doesn’t just magically disappear. Local governments have to determine how to dispose of the more ...

China’s cities have long struggled with the challenge of being overwhelmed by trash. In early 2020, the country’s largest landfill site — Jiangcungou Landfill in Xi’an, capital of the northwestern ...

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 ...

A new study finds that surface soil in parks and playgrounds built on former waste incineration and ash disposal sites may contain levels of lead exceeding EPA safety standards for areas where ...

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 ...