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RESOURCES

General Information on Incineration       <back>


Waste Incineration A Dying Technology - English

The World Bank Group and Incineration: bankrolling Polluting Technology
- English

Modelo Ordinanza Anti-Incineracion - Español


Friends of the Earth's Incineration Campaign Guide - English

Incineration: A Costly Commitment - English   Espaņol

Incinerator Alert - English   Espaņol

Incineration or Something Sensible?
A briefing Paper of the Friends of the Earth Scotland- English

Incineration: Wasted Money, Wasted Resources - English

Pollutants from Incinerators -English   Espaņol

Questions & Answers About Incineration - English


State-of-the-Art Incinerators: The Problems Won't Go Away - English

The Construction Cost of Municipal Waste Incinerators:
Counter Measures Against Dioxin by Greenpeace Japan - English

Waste to Energy Fact Sheet- Indian Garbage: Should Energy be the Driving Concern? by Toxics Link, India - English

Alternatives       <back>


Alternatives Disinfect Medical Waste Without Producing Dioxin - English

Medical Waste Treatment Technologies - Alternatives to Incineration", Waste Prevention Association- English

Non-Incineration Medical Waste Treatment Technologies
by Health Care Without Harm
- English

Health Care Without Harm - English


Spanish

Alternative Technologies: Medical Waste - Espaņol


Hazardous Waste       <back>        



Cement Kilns That Burn Hazardous Waste - English   Espaņol


Hazardous Waste Incinerators: Playing with Fire - English   Espaņol

Technical Criteria for the Destruction of Stockpiled Persistent Organic Pollutants: Greenpeace - evaluation of more than 16 methods and technologies - English

Potential Applicability of Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment Technologies to RCRA Waste Streams and Contaminated Media", US EPA - English


Health and Incineration       <back>


Executive Summary of the Greenpeace report on Health and Incineration - English

Greenpeace Report on Incineration and Human Health: State of Knowledge of the Impacts of Waste Incinerators on Human Health - English

Living Under The Smoke of a Waste Incinerator: The Health Effects Caused by the Waste Incinerator in Sint Niklaas, Belgium - English

What is Dioxin? - English


Medical Waste       
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Alternatives Disinfect Medical Waste Without Producing Dioxin - English

Medical Waste Incineration: A Mismatch Between Problem and Solution -
English  Espaņol

Medical Waste Treatment Technologies - Alternatives to Incineration", Waste Prevention Association- English

Safe management of wastes from health-care activities", World Health Organization - English

Non-Incineration Medical Waste Treatment Technologies", Health Care Without Harm - English


Spanish

Alternative Technologies: Medical Waste - Espaņol

El Mercurio y La Salud - Espaņol

Residuo Medico: Tecnologias Alternativas - Espaņol

Residuos Medicos: Clasificacion y Reduccion - Espaņol


Incineracion de Residuos Medicos: Que Esta Mal? - Espaņol


Municipal Waste Incineration       <back>


Municipal Waste Incineration - English    Espaņol

Municipal Waste Incineration: A Poor Solution for the Twenty First Century - English


Technology       <back>


Plasma Arc Waste Treatment plasma - English

Waste Gasification: Impacts on the Environment and Human Health
by Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League - English

Incineration and Gasification: A Toxic Comparison
by Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League - English

      To GET INVOLVED with the Global Day of Action against Incineration, contact:

Manny Calonzo and Monica Wilson