A new report titled “Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Incineration and Urban Heat in Delhi: Burning Waste, Warming Cities?” released today by The People’s Alliance for Waste Accountability (PAWA) exposes a disturbing and overlooked consequence of Delhi’s...
Waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration and urban heat in Delhi. Heatwaves, which are a period of unusually high temperatures as compared to what is normally expected over a region, are increasingly posing a serious threat to...
Pushing technological solutions like waste-to-energy plants overlook the social, political and economic aspects of waste. “Trash is treasure when you recycle.” “Don’t waste waste—manage it well!” “Technology can transform waste from a problem into...
As part of the 2025-26 budget, the state govt announced two waste-to-energy incineration plants
By narrowing the conversation to waste management, the industry avoids addressing the root cause of plastic pollution: overproduction. As the world faces the growing crisis of plastic overconsumption and waste, extended producer responsibility (EPR)...
The 10-tonne waste incinerator in Manali, Chennai, has been operating since 2019 without permission from the TNPCB and has also been dumping ash containing harmful heavy metals. The Southern Bench of the National Green...
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While IFC’s withdrawal is welcome, civil society urges the Bank to stop funding WTE projects and move towards zero-waste solutions instead. On 17 February, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector...
Until recently, waste-to-energy incineration industries were classified by the CPCB as a ‘red category’ — a highly polluting industry. Recently, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has carved a new category of industries called...
A report on the alarmingly high levels of heavy metal contamination and other violations by the waste incinerator In Manali, Chennai. An incinerator is basically a furnace for burning waste. The “green” incinerator in...
While governments and corporations focus on ‘techno-fixes’ and individual-centric sustainability practices
आधुनिक विकास के नाम पर जिन ‘भस्मासुरों’ को बनाया, बढ़ाया जा रहा है, प्लास्टिक उनमें से एक है। कुल-जमा सौ-सवा सौ साल पहले ईजाद किया गया यह कारनामा आज प्रकृति-पर्यावरण और इंसानों के अस्तित्व...
Single-use plastic ban vilified street vendors and small players, but conveniently missed the real villains: the producers and users of plastic – petrochemicals companies, plastic producers, and FMCG companies – who choose to make...
TNM hit the ground in Chennai and found the existing small-capacity waste incinerators in the city to be damaging the environment, raising concerns over public health. The Greater Chennai Corporation’s (GCC) proposal for a...
Critical analysis of the operations and eco-social impact of oil and gas public sector enterprises.
