Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Reworld incinerator in Brooks will no longer take garbage from Marion County after this month. For nearly four decades, most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Philadelphia’s trash is currently sent to an incinerator in Chester, raising health and environmental concerns. City officials and ...

Hazardous waste combustors, which include incinerators, boilers, and industrial furnaces, are regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Resource Conservation and Recovery ...

PHILADELPHIA - The future of Philadelphia’s waste disposal is under scrutiny as city officials, health leaders and advocates push for an end to incinerator use, citing health risks for Chester ...

The closure of the Stanislaus County garbage burner will force changes in waste disposal for the county and its cities. County and Modesto officials are in negotiations with Covanta (now Reworld) to ...

Stanislaus County’s Covanta plant, the last remaining garbage incinerator in California, will cease operations in December, marking the end of an era for waste management in the state. Jody Hayes, the ...

Ana Baptista is a board member of the non profit organization, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA). She is affiliated with GAIA. U.S. cities have been burning municipal solid waste ...