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NEWS:
September 18, 2014: North Salt Lake Residents, Utah Physicians for Healthy Environment & Greenaction Demand Governor, State and US EPA immediately shut Stericycle medical waste incinerator. Read media coverage from press conference: Greenaction on Stericycle: ‘The so-called Environmental Protection Agency is fiddling around’ , ABC TV , KUER/National Public Radio
Press Release: Residents, Greenaction & Physicians Escalate Protest Against Violation-Plagued Stericycle Medical Waste Incinerator in Utah
North Salt Lake City, Utah residents & Greenaction Protest Medical Waste Incinerator on July 13, 2013. Read Salt Lake Tribune article and watch television coverage. Greenaction’s Bradley Angel interviewed at community protest against Stericycle’s incinerator, watch the video here.
Logansport Pharos-Tribune: “Indiana Fighting Proposed Giant Trash Incinerator”
Learn more
POWERPOINT: Incinerators in Disguise (August 2012) – by Greenaction August 2012 Powerpoint presentation with information on Incinerators in Disguise
ALERT: Indigenous Lands & Incinerators in Disguise – by Greenaction
ANALYSIS: Evaluation of the Oneida Seven Generations Corporation Proposal for a Pyrolysis Gasification facility at the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin – By Greenaction March 7, 2011
REPORT: Plasma Arc Technology for Municipal Solid Waste: A Proven Technology or Incinerator in Disguise? Will Florida’s Health and Environment Be Protected? by Greenaction and Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives March 10, 2008
ANALYSIS: Evaluation of the Oneida Seven Generations Corporation Proposal for a Pyrolysis Gasification facility at the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin – By Greenaction March 7, 2011
REPORT: Toxic Scandal, Toxic Threat and Environmental Racism: Sun Energy Group, LLC’s “Louisiana Gasification Facility” – Greenaction Report on this plasma arc “garbage incinerator in disguise” proposed for New Orleans June 16, 2011
REPORT: Toxic Scandal and Toxic Threat The Plasma-Arc Garbage Incinerator in Disguise Proposed for Sacramento – By Greenaction August 26, 2008
REPORT: Incinerators-in-Disguise Case Studies (June 2006) – Report by Greenaction looking at case studies of Incinerators-in-Disguise
INFORME: Incineradores Disfrazados – Estudios de caso (ESP) – par Greenaction INFORME: Incineradores Disfrazados – Estudios de caso (ESP) Abril 2006 Bajar el informe Incineradores Disfrazados
Plasco plasma arc proposal Factsheet (english) (spanish) about the projected Plasco project.
In the Media
MONTEREY HERALD: Project Opponents Question Status of Waste-to-Energy Plant – By Larry Parsons, July 20, 2012. A proposed waste-to-energy plant near Gonzales is close to being on the ropes, opponents of the project claimed Thursday, following the release of hundreds of emails and letters obtained, which show the agency working hand-in-hand with the project developer, and that the project is facing many delays.
LAW 360: Calif. Trash-To-Energy Plants May Labor For Renewable Status – By Erin Coe, June 14, 2012. California Gov. Jerry Brown’s office earlier this month backed Plasco Energy Group’s plans to build what is on track to become the nation’s first garbage-into-electricity plant in Salinas Valley, but the project and others like it still face an uphill battle to overcome environmental concerns over whether burning trash qualifies as renewable.