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WE ARE HIRING: Policy & Research Coordinator (U.S. & Canada Program)
Policy & Research Coordinator (U.S. & Canada Program) GAIA is a global network working towards a just and zero waste world without incineration. GAIA aims to power a transition away from our current linear and extractive economy and towards a circular system rooted...
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The folly of waste-to-energy incineration
By: Kert Tandog - @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 04:04 AM March 31, 2021 As the Philippines grapples with plastic pollution, lawmakers are proposing Waste-to-Energy (WTE) incineration as the panacea to the waste crisis. In the Senate, the WTE...
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WE ARE HIRING: Global Digital Communications Associate
Global Digital Communications Associate Global Digital Communications Associate GAIA is a global network working towards a just and zero waste world without incineration. GAIA aims to power a transition away from our current linear and extractive economy and...
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Zero Waste City Manual
A toolkit to establish city and community Zero Waste systems The Zero Waste City Manual: A toolkit to establish city and community Zero Waste systems by GAIA member Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG) presents a practicable plan for...
All Talk and No Recycling: An Investigation of the U.S. “Chemical Recycling” Industry
Amid overwhelming plastic pollution and an exponential rise in plastic production, the fossil fuel industry has touted chemical or "advanced" recycling as a solution to the plastic crisis. However, a new report by the Global Alliance for Incinerator...
Sachet Economy
Sachet Economy: Big Problems in Small Packets The report Sachet Economy: Big Problems in Small Packets looks into the sachet economy in the Philippines that continues to add to and worsen the growing plastics pollution problem, how the big businesses corrupted...
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