THE PROBLEM
Burning waste—especially plastic—isn't the solution it's made out to be. While some claim it's the silver bullet to the plastic pollution crisis and a way to generate clean energy, the facts tell a different story. Studies have shown that burning waste is not climate friendly and actually produces more greenhouse gases per unit of electricity than other fossil fuels. What's worse, it releases dangerous toxins that can cause cancer, asthma, and other health problems. Here's the real catch: these expensive facilities need a constant supply of garbage to operate. So instead of reducing waste, we end up needing to make more!
THE SOLUTION
The key to solving our waste crisis is preventing the problem before it starts. By generating less waste in the first place, we can reduce our reliance on landfills and incinerators. Canada is making progress through laws like the single-use plastic bans, but we need to go further. Disposable items must be replaced with more durable and reusable alternatives. We also need to improve our waste sorting systems and invest more in renewable energy sources like wind and solar. These practical, low-cost solutions deserve our support. Don't be fooled by the plastic industry's false fixes like waste incineration.
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Burning Garbage Won't Solve the Plastic Pollution Crisis
You may have heard about a miracle cure for plastic waste that creates green energy in the process—the mystical waste incinerator. It almost sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Unfortunately, that’s because it is
Burning Garbage Won't Solve the Plastic Pollution Crisis
Reusables are Crucial to Ending Plastic Pollution
Reduction and reuse are the keys to creating a circular economy that avoids waste and pollution and keeps products and packaging out of landfills, waste incinerators and the natural environment.
Reusables are Crucial to Ending Plastic Pollution
Burning Plastic Is a Terrible Idea. Here’s Why.
We must never burn plastic waste. Even though it’s sometimes sold as a miracle cure, it’s a bad idea—for the environment and for our health.
And here’s why:
Burning Plastic Is a Terrible Idea. Here’s Why.
Opposing The Brampton Waste Incinerator Expansion
Find out why community, environmental, and health groups across Ontario are calling for a halt to the proposed massive expansion of the privately-owned waste incinerator in Brampton.
