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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GAIA Statement on Sri Lanka Garbage Landslide
No one deserves to die like this Let us push harder for zero waste solutions to the world’s garbage woes that do not involve using communities as dumping grounds.
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Toward a Zero-Waste World
By Sherma E. Benosa Against the backdrop of excessive garbage being produced daily, vendors aggressively market “waste-to-energy” incineration technologies (WtEs) as the answer that will not only solve this mounting waste problem but also produce energy. This pitch of...
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EcoGroups Warn Against Plastic Waste Burning
Environmental groups in the Philippines warn against plastic pollution investment strategies proposed as “solutions” to marine plastic pollution in recent reports by US-based institutions.
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CDM Case Studies: The Clean Development Mechanism in Solid Waste Management
Case studies of the CDM’s landfill and incinerator projects, which increase greenhouse gas emissions and toxic pollution while displacing waste pickers’ livelihoods.
More Jobs, Less Pollution!
New report: More Jobs, Less Pollution shows how a 75% national recycling rate in the U.S. can create 1.5 million new, green jobs!
Burning Public Money for Dirty Energy
New Report: Renewable energy subsidies are being siphoned off by the incinerator industry
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