Burning trash has a long history in the United States, and municipal solid waste incinerators have sparked resistance in many places. As an environmental justice scholar who works directly with ...

China’s cities have long struggled with the challenge of being overwhelmed by trash. In early 2020, the country’s largest landfill site — Jiangcungou Landfill in Xi’an, capital of the northwestern ...

Ana Baptista received funding from the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) which received a grant from the JPB Foundation for the preparation of the report "U.S. Municipal Solid Waste ...

Incineration is widely used to reduce the volume of municipal solid waste, to reduce the potential infectious properties and volume of medical waste, and to reduce the potential toxicity and volume of ...