Powerpoint Presentations

Incineration vs. Alternatives by Paul Connett, PhD, November 2007Dioxins and Incineration 2007 by Paul Connett, PhD, November 2007Powerpoint Presentation to RCAP by John Curry, October 2007Powerpoint Presentation to NAB Public Meeting by Alan Muller, June 2007

Organizations

• Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)
• Green Delaware
• Residents Environmental Action Committee for Health (REACH)
• Science and Environmental Health Network (the Precautionary Principle)
• Zero Waste America

Zero Waste

• St. Paul Environnmental Roundtable (a very forward-looking set of recommendations adopted by St. Paul City Council in April 2006)
• European Parliament Adopts Strict Waste Reduction Law, 2/13/07.
• Oakland resolution, 2006.
• San Francisco resolution, 2002.

The State of Delaware, one of the most pro-business states in the nation, passed strict legislation banning the construction of new garbage incineration facilities. The Institute for Local Self-Reliance has a number of articles and publications regarding the health, environmental, and economic costs of incineration, as well as the benefits and feasibility of Zero Waste.

• Executive summary (PDF) of the report "Resources up in Flames: The Economic Pitfalls of Waste Incineration versus a Zero Waste Approach in the Global South"
• Waste Incinerator Myths (PDF)
• Twenty Reasons Why Incineration is a Losing Financial Proposition for Host Communities (PDF)
• Aiming for Zero Waste: Ten Steps to Get Started at the Local Level (PDF)

Other Articles and Publications

• Panel Finds Smog-Mortality Link, National Academy of Sciences, April 23, 2008.
• Biofuels Deemed A Greenhouse Threat, New York Times, February 8, 2008
• Access "State of the Air Report: 2007" by the American Lung Association at: http://lungaction.org/reports/sota07_full.html.
• Find "Myths and Facts about Biofuels" by Organic Consumers Association at: http://www.organicconsumers.org/BiofuelsFacts5.pdf
• A Burning Issue The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis thinks that incinerators are bad news for local government and taxpayers and explains why incineration is a financial burden on the municipalities that bought into it.
• All About CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) Like photovoltaic systems, CSP relies on the sun to work but is generally accepted to be more cost effective and practical.
• Aquatic Nanoparticles: Between Water and Rock Science is discovering new information about nanoparticles and their behavior and possible hazards.
• Dousing the Flames: Communities Unite Globally to Lock Out the Incinerator Industry A growing number of communities around the world are examining conventional notions of waste, and they want to reduce waste creation and mandate safer handling of waste.
• Health Effects of Waste Incinerators Waste incinerators should not be put in cities where air quality is already compromised and people are suffering health effects.
• National Movement to Stop Buying Energy from Garbage GrassRoots Recyling Network (GRRN) provides national leadership in the effort to promote Zero Waste and to stop labeling garbage incineration a "renewable" source of energy.
• Report Attacks World Bank for Backing Waste Incineration
• The Health Effects of Fine, Ultrafine and Nanoscale Particulate Emissions from Incinerators The smaller the particulate size, the more insidious and negative its effect on our health.
• Greenaction for Health & Environnmental Justice & Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) have produced current & detailed research documents on incineration.

1. GAIA: Burning Issues in Waste Disposal - Incinerators In Disguise (10/9/07 power point presentation) http://www.greenaction.org/incinerators/documents/GAIAPresentationIncine...
2. Municipal Waste Incineration: A Poor Solution for the 21st Century http://www.no-burn.org/resources/library/Poor_solution.pdf
3. Municipal Waste Incineration: Wrong question, wrong answer. http://www.no-burn.org/resources/library/MSWI.pdf
4. Waste to Energy: Indian garbage--should energy be the driving concern? http://www.no-burn.org/resources/library/gdawte.pdf
5. Incinerators In Disguise: Case Studies of Gasification, Pyrolysis, and Plasma in Europe, Asia, and the United States 4/06 http://www.no-burn.org/resources/library/Incinerators_In_Disguise_CaseSt...
6. Gasification, Pyrolysis & Plasma Incineration Fact Sheet http://www.greenaction.org/incinerators/documents/Factsheet_IncinInDisgu...
7. Thermoselect Gasification Incineration Reality Check Fact Sheet http://www.greenaction.org/incinerators/documents/Factsheet_Thermoselect...