GAIA is a worldwide alliance of more than 800 grassroots groups, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in over 90 countries whose ultimate vision is a just, toxic-free world without incineration.
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Zero Waste Plastic-Free Southeast Asia (SEA) Games, we can do it!
We pose a challenge to organizers, athletes, and the public to go Zero Waste and plastic-free at the SEA Games. Gold, silver, and bronze medals are good but the real winners are the environment heroes who bring with them their message of not polluting the...
read moreGreen groups to DENR: Stop being an apologist for the plastics industry!
Plastic Monster-in-the-box installations delivered at the DENR headquarters Quezon City, Philippines (November 14, 2019) — Environmental groups belonging to the global #breakfreefromplastic movement today delivered monstrous plastic installations at the Department...
read moreA Global Waste Shell Game: “Returned” Illegal Waste Shipments from U.S., Diverted from Indonesia to other Asian Countries
28 October 2019 – Jakarta, Indonesia. In what environmental watchdogs are calling a global pollution shell game, Indonesian officials have been caught approving re-exports of illegal U.S. waste shipments to other Asian countries instead of returning them to the U.S....
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Press Release: Environmental Advocates Call for Greater Vigilance against Foreign Waste Dumping
EcoWaste Coalition, Phone/Fax: 84411846 E-Mail: info@ecowastecoalition.org Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS), Phone/Fax: 082-2994552 E-Mail: webmail@idisphil.org Press Release: Environmental Advocates Call for Greater Vigilance...
US Legislation Alert: American Chemistry Council’s Effort to Push “Plastic-to-fuel” Bills
In 2017-2019, the plastics and chemical industry, represented by the American Chemistry Council (ACC), led an effort to make legislative changes to statewide policies to promote pyrolysis or "plastic-to-fuel" (PTF). This strategy not only promotes a techno-fix with a...
Infográfico: Estrategias basura cero para la neutralidad de carbono
Este infográfico guía a las ciudades a través de tres estrategias de basura cero para avanzar hacia objetivos climáticos globales: reducir emisiones desde la fuente, acabar con la incineración y las emisiones de metano desde los vertederos, y aumentar el...
