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Toxics threaten our water, air, land, oceans - and our future.

Synthetic chemicals put the global health of humanity and the environment at risk, as the world's industries fail to research the potential impacts on our planet.

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The Basingstoke incinerator - poisoning food, risking health

Publication date: June 2002 Summary The Basingstoke incinerator, which is due to completed in October, will burn ninety thousand tonnes of household rubbish...
Posted by admin - 17 June, 2002 - 08:00

SELCHP media briefing

SELCHP incinerator - a risk to human healthSummary The SELCHP incinerator burns over a thousand tonnes of household rubbish every day. It currently takes waste...
Posted by admin - 25 February, 2002 - 09:00

The Environmental Trust: As a pollutant, waste demands controls

As an embodiment of accumulated energy and materials it invites an alternative. (The whole file is 1mb; the report is broken down below for easier download)...
Posted by admin - 7 February, 2002 - 09:00

How to comply with the landfill directive without incineration: A Greenpeace blueprint

This report details a practical strategy which local authorities can use to achieve maximum recycling rates and safely deal with residual waste. Reviewed and...
Posted by admin - 9 November, 2001 - 09:00

Great myths of the incineration industry

Emissions from modern incinerators pose no health risk Anyone who says modern incinerators are safe is either misinformed or lying. Everyone knows the...
Posted by admin - 9 November, 2001 - 09:00

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