Incinerators in Disguise: Case Studies of Gasification, Pyrolysis and Plasma in Europe, Asia and the United States

From California to Asia and beyond, communities are facing an unprecedented onslaught of proposals from waste treatment companies and entrepreneurs promoting a new generation of incineration technologies. Many of these companies falsely and boldly claim their technology is "pollution-free" and has "no emissions." Aware of the public's opposition to incineration, the companies promoting these technologies all claim these are not incinerators but are a "green" alternative to incineration.

Despite the grandiose claims of industry, the facts prove that these technologies are in reality "incinerators in disguise" that heat the waste materials, and then burn the waste gases and emit dioxin and other pollutants into the air.

This collection of case studies provides five telling stories from Germany, Australia, the U.S. and Asia. It also provides information about problems with existing facilities and the onslaught of proposals in the U.S.