Top Posts
Nigerian government validates NAP document to address climate...
Scientists in Switzerland say 1.5C climate change goal...
Over 45,000 march in The Hague, demanding action...
Study shows global warming reshaping extreme rainfall, snowfall...
African climate change projects secure major funding
Former French PM urges China, Europe to unite...
NDDC, FOSDO launch tree-planting campaign to address climate...
WHO unveils an ambitious blueprint for action on...
New report shows nearly 900 million poor people...
Lagos to Host 2025 International Climate Change Summit
EcoNai Newsroom
  • Newsround
  • Nigeria
  • Africa
  • World
World

Groups petition US EPA to force reporting of waste incinerator emissions

by Segun Ogunlade April 4, 2023
written by Segun Ogunlade April 4, 2023
545

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have been petitioned by environmental groups to require companies to disclose the chemicals discharged from waste incinerators and plants that claim to recycle plastic waste into fuel.

The petition filed by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the Energy Justice Network filed with the agency on Monday was because the toxic chemical emissions from around 400 incinerators, gasification and pyrolysis, or “advanced recycling,” facilities are not required to be reported to the Toxics Release Inventory.

Created as part of the 1986 Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, the TRI currently contains information on 770 chemicals from different industries to provide local communities with information about toxic chemical releases and waste management activities.

Read also: UN to start taking deep-sea mining applications this July

“Waste incinerators are typically among the largest industrial air polluters in their cities and counties, yet this info is invisible in this popular disclosure tool,” said Mike Ewall, executive director of the Energy Justice Network, adding that minority and low-income communities are most at risk.

The groups raised concerns about the ash generated after incinerators burn solid and industrial waste, which contains undisclosed toxic chemicals and heavy metals like mercury and lead and ends up placed on top of landfills, which can blow into local communities.

The groups said the agency did not respond to a letter they sent last October, raising concerns about the health impacts of incineration.

The petition also asks the agency to include discharges from advanced recycling plants, which are classified as incinerators, in the TRI. Advanced recycling is an umbrella term for processes that use heat or chemicals to turn plastic waste into fuel or reclaimed resin to make new plastic. These plants, backed by major oil and petrochemical companies, claim to turn plastic waste to a “clean” fuel.

Story was adapted from Reuters.

EmissionEnvironmentUS
0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
admineconai

previous post
UN to start taking deep-sea mining applications this July
next post
US govt endows new funds for clean energy initiatives on coal

Related Posts

Scientists in Switzerland say 1.5C climate change goal...

October 27, 2025

Over 45,000 march in The Hague, demanding action...

October 27, 2025

Study shows global warming reshaping extreme rainfall, snowfall...

October 27, 2025

Former French PM urges China, Europe to unite...

October 22, 2025

WHO unveils an ambitious blueprint for action on...

October 20, 2025

New report shows nearly 900 million poor people...

October 20, 2025

New study shows overheating world will add 57...

October 16, 2025

Heaviest monsoon in a decade kills 458 people...

October 9, 2025

Council releases first fully electric bin lorry

October 9, 2025

Study shows US asthma inhalers produce same emissions...

October 7, 2025

Leave a Comment Cancel Reply

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

Newsletter

Subscribe my Newsletter for new blog posts, tips & new photos. Let's stay updated!

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Linkedin
  • Bloglovin
  • Vimeo

@2021 - All Right Reserved. Designed and Developed by Eco-Nai+

EcoNai Newsroom
  • Newsround
  • Nigeria
  • Africa
  • World