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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Fact Sheet: Plastic and Incineration
We have too much plastic that has nowhere to go... Can we just burn it? Short answer: no! Burning is the most harmful way to handle plastic waste. It turns one form of pollution into others, including air emissions, toxic ash, and wastewater.
Fact Sheet: Chemical Recycling
Questions and Answers: Chemical Recycling Industry is now pushing for a new technological fix for plastic waste, called "chemical recycling." New proposals are popping up in Australia, the EU, Indonesia, Malaysia,Thailand, and the U.S., increasingly supported by...
Nuevo reporte sobre el impacto Ambiental global del plástico revela daños severos sobre el medio ambiente
La investigación recomienda soluciones, que incluyen la reducción progresiva de plásticos de un solo uso. Según el nuevo reporte Plásticos y clima: los costos ocultos de un planeta plástico, solo en 2019, la producción e incineración de plástico va a sumar más de...
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