The EU Council pushes for dangerously high dioxin levels
(Prague, Gothenburg) In an alarming proposal for strengthening the limits of the most toxic chemical in waste, the Council of the European Union under the French presidency...
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European Parliament takes groundbreaking first step to reduce the spread of dangerous chemicals from waste
The European Parliament yesterday proposed a significant reduction in the concentrations of dangerous chemicals known as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) [1] allowed in...
Stricter limits on POPs do not necessarily mean more waste incineration, explains IPEN in its new factsheet
A new factsheet published by the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) claims that the European Union has a unique opportunity to prevent toxic recycling. It could...
The Ministry of Environment Plans to Permit Use of Toxic Slag for Road Construction on a Large Scale
The Minister of Environment, Richard Brabec, intends to sign a decree loosening conditions for utilisation of residual materials from waste incinerators for road construction and...
Fee for Waste Incineration Will Help to Increase Recycling. Act on Waste Passes to the Second Reading
Incineration is an obstacle to waste prevention and the real recycling. The Pro 3R Coalition calls upon the Members of Parliament to approve, in addition to increase of the fees...
„Let's stop the giant waste incinerator,“ people from the Mělník region appeal
The petition „Stop the Mělník Incinerator“ requires shutting down the project of the biggest incinerator in the Czech Republic. According to the locals, the planned incinerator...
Dioxin disgrace directed by the electricity and heat selling conglomerate ČEZ Group
In the documents for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of an incinerator, the ČEZ Group says that the total emissions of toxic dioxins into the air are 25-times higher than...
Cement plants as a source of toxic substances
The university researcher Nuria Ortuño (University of Alicante, Spain) focuses on the study of cement plant emissions, which co-incinerate waste or alternative waste fuels. Among...
Risk of new POPs formation during fly ash processing in cement plants
In China, some cement plants use fly ashes from municipal waste incinerators in the cement production. However, Chinese scientists have found out that this cause problems as...
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