Resources
GAIA and our allies have produced many quality resources. See below for some of our best.
New Report: An Industry Blowing Smoke
10 reasons why gasification, pyrolysis & plasma incineration are not “green solutions”
Toxic Wastes and Race at 20
Report shows minorities in the United States hurt by environmental injustice
Incinerators In Disguise - Case Studies
These case studies provide detailed accounts of the shortcomings of gasification, pyrolysis, and plasma facilities in Europe, Asia, and the United States. Co-written by GAIA and Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, these studies show why these facilities and proposals are nothing more than incinerators in disguise.
Mercury Rising: Reducing Global Emissions From Burning Mercury-added Products
The atmospheric mercury (Hg) emissions from waste have long been inadequately understood and seriously underestimated. This report scrutinizes the largest contributor to mercury in the waste stream – mercury-added products – and greatly improves our global understanding of this source of emissions.
Learning Not to Burn: A primer for Citizens on Alternatives to Burning Hazardous Waste
This primer is intended to fill a gap in information on non-incineration technologies for hazardous waste disposal, and present strategies that can be used in parallel with clean
production and zero waste efforts to bring about sustainable solutions and environmental justice.
GAIA's Statement of Concern on Waste and Climate Change
GAIA's position paper on waste and climate change calls for Zero Waste strategies to address global warming and rejects the false solutions of incinerators and landfill gas collection.
Stop Trashing the Climate Report
The Stop Trashing the Climate report, written by GAIA, the Institute for Local Self Reliance and Eco-Cycle, provides compelling evidence that preventing waste and expanding reuse, recycling, and composting programs — that is, aiming for zero waste — is one of the fastest, cheapest, and most effective strategies available for combating climate change.
A Community Guide to Environmental Health
This highly illustrated guide from the Hesperian Foundation helps health promoters, development workers, environmental activists, and community leaders take charge of their environmental health.
Cement Kiln Information Clearinghouse
GAIA member groundWork has designed a web-based clearinghouse of information on the environmental and public health impacts of cement kilns burning waste.
The Story of Stuff
Longtime GAIA member Annie Leonard has created this fact-filled online video about the underside of our production and consumption patterns. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.
7 Questions to Ask When Facing an Incinerator Proposal
Seven basic questions to ask when facing a proposal for a hazardous waste incinerator.
EU Waste Legislation and Climate Change
This fact sheet was produced by GAIA, Health Care Without Harm, and Bankwatch in April 2008 to encourage the European Parliament to support sensible waste legislation.
Threats to health and recycling: Why EU legislation must not favour incineration
Good legislation should guarantee that the amount of waste we produce is minimised, and what is left is safely recycled, re-used and composted. It certainly shouldn’t just encourage us to burn what we throw away.
Gasification, Pyrolysis and Plasma Incineration Fact Sheet
Articulates the serious flaws with these technologies and highlights the benefits of aiming for zero waste instead.
Resources up in Flames Report
Details the economic pitfalls of incineration versus a zero waste approach in the Global South.
Waste Incineration: A Dying Technology
This report explains why incinerators are an unsustainable and obsolete method for dealing with waste.
Bankrolling Polluting Technology: The World Bank Group and Incineration
Despite the known health hazards and extreme economic burdens of incineration, the World Bank Group continues to promote this polluting technology.
