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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Waste-to-Energy on ADB’s Energy Policy Working Paper
We, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) and our allied networks, are writing to state our unequivocal opposition to the continued support of the Asian Development Bank on waste incinerators with energy recovery or waste-to-energy (WTE). The...
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GAIA-BFFP Asia Pacific Media Fellowship
GAIA-BFFP Asia Pacific Media Fellowship reaches out to key media professionals and creates awareness on environmental issues rarely covered by the media.
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GAIA Asia Pacific is hiring! Zero Waste Cities Program Officer
Zero Waste Cities Program Officer The Zero Waste Cities Program Officer will lead and oversee the advancement of Zero Waste solutions across the Asia Pacific region, and work with members and partners in the region to highlight and mainstream Zero Waste solutions to...
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Seven Key Solutions to Landfill Methane
A new United Nations report shows that we must tackle methane emissions to keep planetary warming under control. Methane is a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, and much of it comes from organic waste in landfills. The good news is that we can...
5 Things Plastic Polluters Don’t Want you to Know about Chemical Recycling
Imagine if we could solve plastic pollution with one miracle technology. Sound too good to be true? That’s because it is. Here are 5 things plastic polluters don’t want you to know about chemical “recycling.” Produced in collaboration with Changing Markets...
Waste Incinerators Undermine Clean Energy Goals
Renewable energy is defined as energy produced by natural resources — such as sunlight, wind, and geothermal heat — that are naturally replenished within a certain time span. Municipal solid waste is derived from finite natural resources and burning these...
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