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Incineration

The Rumney Marsh, a haven to both birds and fish, sits in a highly industrial area north of Boston. For decades, the marsh's welfare has been in jeopardy due to its close proximity to an incinerator.

Residents worry Massachusetts waste incinerator is contaminating waterways

It was supposed to close 22 years ago. Now an aging waste incinerator landfill north of Boston has been given the go-ahead to add a half million tons of fly ash and bottom ash to its collection of materials — and local residents and community leaders are not happy about it.

Gary Cohen

A MacArthur ‘Genius’ is working to clean up our polluting health care system

Environment
A police car is seen smashed and overturned as demonstrators protest against the construction of a waste incinerator in Hangzhou, China.

What makes people overturn police cars in authoritarian China?

Environment

Sweden imports waste from European neighbors to fuel waste-to-energy program

Environment

Dutch company turns cremation remains into global charity

Environment

Euro Trash Powers Sweden

Sweden’s successful waste-to-energy program converts household waste into energy for heating and electricity. But they’ve run into an unusual problem: there isn’t enough trash in the country to fuel the incinerators, so they’ve begun importing waste from European neighbors.

The World

Following Cremation, Recycling Surgical Implants

Conflict & Justice

Have you ever wondered what happens to those metal medical implants after die? A Dutch company has been recycling them, giving the bulk of the proceeds to charity.

The World

Welcome PCBs!

Political commentator Jim Hightower satirizes the hottest business opportunity in the global economy  ? toxic waste incineration.

The World

Emerging Science Note/Plasma Incinerator

Trash to become treasure  ? in the form of electricity.

The World

French Redesign Trash Burning

Take a 12th century cathedral town, the newest technology in trash burning plants, combine them with the latest environmental standards plus the French aesthetic sensibility, and a unique incineration experiment is born. Sarah Chayes reports from Chartres.