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 ...

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 ...

Environmental campaigners have failed to convince a council to undermine a government-approved waste-to-energy incinerator. The protesters wanted Wiltshire Council to drop a contract with the Hills ...

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 ...

The Aberdeen-based facility was previously shut in June after its Belgian operator, Indaver, threatened to abandon the site over serious ...

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 ...