This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For decades, Europe has poured millions of tons of its trash into incinerators each year, often ...

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 ...

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 ...

Widely in use in countries including Japan, South Korea and northern Europe, waste-to-energy technology is making inroads in Southeast Asia, where it’s presented as a tried-and-tested green energy ...

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 ...

An MP has put forward a bill proposing to stop the building of new waste incinerators. The MP for South West Wiltshire, Conservative Dr Andrew Murrison, has long been opposed to waste incineration due ...