UNEA 5 Briefing Series: Waste Incineration and Burning Waste in Cement Kilns

- Incineration and cement kilns -

Burning waste emits climate pollution and other toxic chemicals, and is the least energy efficient and most costly method of energy production. A plastics treaty must adopt a moratorium on new incinerators and encourage a roadmap to phase out all existing incinerators by 2030.

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