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 ...

Burning trash has a long history in the United States, and municipal solid waste incinerators have sparked resistance in many places. As an environmental justice scholar who works directly with ...

Reworld Marion will stop taking waste from Marion County at the end of the year, the company has told county commissioners. The 38-year-old municipal waste incinerator, formerly called Covanta Marion, ...

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 ...

A medical waste incineration company has agreed to pay one of the largest fines in a criminal environmental case in Maryland’s history after state investigators found its South Baltimore facility was ...

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An incinerator plant for medical waste that sparked an outcry from St David’s residents is on track for completion next month. Donte Hunt, chief executive of MediWaste, said the incinerator and its ...

BACK YEARS. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS THIS COMPANY PUT THE COMMUNITY AT RISK. NOW CURTIS BAY WILL PAY A $1 MILLION FINE AND SERVE TWO YEARS PROBATION. THE INVESTIGATION, WHICH BEGAN IN NOVEMBER OF ...

Miami-Dade’s largest waste incinerator burned down in February 2023 in Doral. On Wednesday, county commissioners agreed to build a new facility but made no decision about where it might go. Foto ...