Advocates and environmental groups largely welcomed the Environmental Protection Agency’s Jan. 11 proposal to impose stricter pollution limits on large trash incinerators. But they caution that the ...

For more than a decade, Maryland Sen. Karen Lewis Young tried to get the state to pull the plug on public subsidies for trash incineration, a form of energy that’s considered dirtier than coal. None ...

For years, Maryland climate activists have fought to repeal a law passed in 2011 meant to encourage the construction of new trash incinerators in Frederick County and South Baltimore, which were never ...

BACK YEARS. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS THIS COMPANY PUT THE COMMUNITY AT RISK. NOW CURTIS BAY WILL PAY A $1 MILLION FINE AND SERVE TWO YEARS PROBATION. THE INVESTIGATION, WHICH BEGAN IN NOVEMBER OF ...

As widespread public backlash builds against Reworld‘s bid to burn medical trash at its Connecticut incinerator, a waste-processing consultant told Southington officials that he’s more concerned about ...

Reworld Marion will stop taking waste from Marion County at the end of the year, the company has told county commissioners. The 38-year-old municipal waste incinerator, formerly called Covanta Marion, ...

A coalition is again taking the U.S. EPA to court over its Clean Air Act rules for large municipal waste combustors two ...

Explore Malaysia's waste-to-energy initiatives, their impact on landfills, and the accompanying pollution concerns. Read more ...

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 ...

"These incinerators are burning garbage and releasing poisons that cause cancer." ...

Councils are paying for black bin waste to be shipped overseas where it is used to generate heat and electricity ...