Ban the Burn Campaigns and links

The following are groups who are campaigning against incineration and links to information sources:

Greenpeace Campaigns

Nov 28 - Incineration:
Greenpeace Reveals Shipment of Waste to Sweden is Illegal

US - 26 Oct 2000: Police arrest 15 activists protesting EPA's refusal to shut dangerous incinerator in Ohio, USA. Take action -how you can help.

UK - 9 Oct 2000: Greenpeace volunteers invade London 'cancer factory'
All the background:
Map of planned expansions (requires Flash plugin),
Health impacts,
Subsidies scandal,
Tell the UK Trade and Industry Secretary to ditch Incineration

Toxic incinerator ash is now being spread over Britain's Streets
Background pdf document

Nordic: Stoppa sopförbränningen!
Campaign against Incineration (In Swedish only)
Read about the recent protests at Umea Incinerator

Incineration in Asia: Success in Kerala, India (from the Hindu) Thailand - Phuket, Ko Samui China - Hong Kong Japan

USA: Al Gore's First Broken Promise: The Legacy of WTI incinerator in Ohio

Incineration and The World Bank, Greenpeace briefing paper.

Other Campaigns

Global Anti-incineration Alliance (GAIA)
Alliance of groups fighting for alternatives to incineration.

Medical Waste Incineration & Dioxin
Site focusing on the issue of medical waste incineration and dioxin. From Health Care without Harm.

Up in Smoke
Why Friends of the Earth (UK) opposes incineration. A Briefing Sheet
Don't burn it or bury it
Alternatives to Landfill and Incineration also from FOE UK.


Report on Municipal Waste Incineration
From Birmingham Friends of the Earth (UK)

Crumschter gegen SVA/Citizen of Crumstadt against incineration of toxic waste

Information Links

Statement on Incineration and need for Clean treatment of POPs Stockpiles, by developing countries NGO's presented to INC4 Pops negotiations in Bonn, March 2000.

Incineration Database
The Incinerator Database is a collective effort uniting international activists, researchers and environmentalists dedicated to promoting responsible solutions to waste issues. Includes comprehensive info on:
Types of incinerators and pollution control devices

Multinationals Resource Centre - More incineration links and information on skillshares for anti-incineration activists from the South

Work on Waste - Mainly US information on specific incinerators and campaigns

The World Bank's Dangerous Medicine
An Inventory of World Bank Projects Involving Medical Waste Incineration, By Health Care without Harm, June 1999.

European Topic Centre on Waste

PCB Incineration: A Risk to Community Health and the Environment
The Threat of PCBs and of Dioxin. By the IPEN PCB working group.

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Office of the Associate Administrator for Science
Congressional testimonies on the health effects of Incineration

The Citizens' Solution to the Costly Mistake of Incineration
From the Chemicals weapons working group

Five Popular Myths About Incineration
by Paul Mobbs, environmental consultant, June 1997

Ciudadanos en Defensa del Ambiente
Information on incineration in Puerto Rica (in Spanish)

Incineration News

Incinerator cancer threat revealed - From the Guardian (UK)