
Why Is Incineration Bad?
Here’s why:
- Incineration is the most expensive and polluting way to make energy or to manage waste.
- Incineration produces the fewest jobs compared to reuse, recycling and composting the same materials.
- It is the dirtiest way to manage waste – far more polluting than landfills.
- Incineration is also the dirtiest way to produce energy – far more polluting than coal burning.
- According to the waste industry itself, incineration has always been more expensive than landfilling.
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