An influx of waste-to-energy projects in South Africa
Due to various challenges experienced by the government regarding waste, incinerators have been pitched as a solution, when in fact they are a false solution. Waste companies, incl...
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Incineration of Waste will Throw Marginalized Communities like Yanadis out of Business
Guntur known for its chillies is set to become an important city. Residual state of Andhra Pradesh, after creation of Telangana, has chosen its capital to be in the area between Gu...
Energy Derived from Muncipal and Solid Waste is Not Renewable
Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2014 introduced in the Parliament, last year, leaves more questions than answers. The bill was listed for discussion in Monsoon session. The logjam in...
Promote climate jobs and deny proposed waste-to-energy incinerator in Kempton Park, South Africa
Dear friends Say what?! Yes, you read it correctly. Hundreds of waste reclaimers and small recyclers in South Africa stand to lose their climate-friendly jobs and be forced to retu...
Brazilian Movement stands with Uruguayans against waste-to-energy plans
We waste pickers, organized nationally as part of the National Movement of Brazilian Waste Pickers (MNCR), and continentally, as part of the Latin American and Caribbean Network of...
Waste pickers respond to Uruguay’s waste-to-energy plans
As a response to information recently published about the current government-led public bidding process that aims to promote waste-to-energy in Uruguay, a pro-waste picker initiative called the Coordinadora Pro Clasificadores (CPC) declares in four points that the generation of energy from waste is not a solution.
Chintan’s new study – Give Back our Waste: What the Okhla waste-to-energy plant has done to local wastepickers
Dear Friend, Greetings from Chintan! We are delighted to share with you our latest study titled “Give Back Our Waste”: What the Okhla Waste-to-Energy Plant has Done to Local Wa...
“Waste to Energy Plants in Delhi destroying Waste Picker Livelihoods and harming the environment” (Storify)
India – 9 Feb 2012 – Waste to Energy is the new craze in waste management in India. Fueled by the accessibility of carbon credit financing, these plants are not only en...
“Ragpickers oppose waste to energy plants” (Down to Earth)
With the fear of losing their means of living looming over them, waste pickers from across the country have opposed Delhi government’s plan to install three waste to energy plant...
Slideshow & Videos – Waste Pickers featured on Climate Change Studio at COP17
On the last day of COP17, Suman More and Sushila Sabale of India, Neil Tangri, with GAIA, and Nomacebo Mbayo and Simon Mbata, of the South African Waste Pickers’ Association,...
False solutions to climate change – CDM incineration and landfill gas systems
Incinerators take recyclable materials such as paper and plastic to burn them and produce electricity. Landfill gas systems bury vegetables and kitchen waste, mixed with other kinds of waste, to produce methane and then electricity as well. In this way, these technologies actively compete with the valuable contribution of waste pickers to prevent catastrophic climate change as well as with general recycling programmes. Waste pickers and other recyclers offer much greater greenhouse gas reductions, especially when combined with biological treatment methods.