Green Chennai Initiative (GCI)
A Path Towards India’s First People-Centric Zero-Waste City Green Chennai Initiative is a waste management goal and a roadmap to achieve a “Zero waste city” status. This proposal is an alternative to Waste to...
Mobilising Voices for the Global Plastics Treaty
As the world prepares for the next round of Global Plastics Treaty negotiations at the United Nations (INC-5 in Geneva, August 2025), we have been amplifying grassroots voices from pollution-impacted communities. Youth Voices from...
Abellon’s bankruptcy exposes the failures of India’s waste-to-energy push
The collapse of a flagship WTE player signals a crisis in India’s incineration model Waste-to-energy plant at Okhla, New Delhi.Vikas Choudhary/CSE Summary Abellon Clean Energy Ltd, once a major waste-to-energy (WTE) player in Gujarat,...
‘Strong presence’ of lobbyists overshadows INC-5.2 plastics talks
A ‘strong presence’ of fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists is overshadowing the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) talks in Geneva seeking to determine a global plastics treaty, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)...
North Chennai residents pitch a plan to cut waste, scrap Kodungaiyur incinerator project
‘Green Chennai Initiative’ is an alternative to the proposed incinerator and it calls for strict source segregation, bio-methanation, decentralised composting, and controlling use of single-use plastic Residents and experts feel a people-centric approach can...
How Dubious Data, Fading Tech Shape India’s Global Plastic Stance
As nations negotiate a binding plastics treaty, India leans on outdated figures and unproven solutions to justify its stance New Delhi: Globally, it is estimated that less than 10% of all plastics are recycled....
Stop the Toxic Takeover: AIFC Slams Illegal Waste Dumping in Sathangadu Wetland”
Alliance for Incinerator Free Chennai (AIFC) strongly condemns the Greater Chennai Corporation’s illegal dumping of waste in the Sathangadu wetland (Proposed WTE incinerator site) Press Statement | August 08, 2025 Alliance for Incinerator Free...
700 Voices, One Demand: Stop Plastic Pollution at the Source
Protect Our Health First – Stop Plastic Pollution at Its Source: Over 700 concerned citizens, communities, and Civil Society Organisations call on the Government of India for Urgent Action on Plastic Pollution in the...
Fossil Fuel and Petrochemical Lobbyists Overrun Plastics Treaty Negotiations
Industry Presence Threatens Plastics Treaty Integrity at INC-5.2 GENEVA, Switzerland, August 7, 2025 — At least 234 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists — a new high compared to the 221 identified by CIEL...
Waste-to-Energy Plants, Once Regarded As Panacea For India’s Garbage Crisis, Are Worsening Toxic Air In Cities
Framed as a solution to India’s urban waste crisis, 20 waste-to-energy plants across India, handling 19,900 tonnes or one eighth of India’s total daily waste generation, emit toxic pollutants that endanger public health. Marginalised...
Push for more WTEs despite mounting failures!
A slew of new waste to energy incineration projects have been announced across India in spite of mounting evidence of its failures, environmental and health impacts. Recently the MoEFCC granted environmental clearance for the...
Burning Waste, Warming Cities: New Report Links Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Plants to Urban Heat Crisis in Delhi
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...
Burning Waste,Warming cities?
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...
Why technicalising India’s waste crisis is not the solution
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...
Dear govt, you can’t burn your way out of a plastic crisis
As part of the 2025-26 budget, the state govt announced two waste-to-energy incineration plants
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