Open Letter to UN-HABITAT: Promote Zero Waste, Not Waste Burning!
An open letter from the GAIA platform, co-signed by Arnika, to UN Under-Secretary-General Anacláudia Rossbach: Many environmental organisations oppose the unscientific promotion...
#Incinerators
Report: Waste Incineration Drives the Triple Planetary Crisis
Incineration is an outdated, unsustainable method for waste disposal, as burning waste, especially plastics, produces dangerous air emissions and high amounts of toxic ash.
Dioxins from Incinerators Enter Foodstuffs of Local Origin in Various Parts of the World
In the second series of webinars of the Arnika Association, concerning the issue of waste incineration, the speakers Nikola Jelínek and Jindřich Petrlík touched the topic of...
Summary of Negative Impacts of Waste Incinerators
A whole number of myths exist around waste incineration. It is often said to be an "environmentally-friendly" or "green" method for energy production, not contributing to climate...
Incinerators Will Make Things Hot for Us
The growing number of waste incinerators may be an essential problem for the European, and especially Czech, climate policy – this is the conclusion of Arnika’s webinar entitled...
Seveso Accident and Planetary Pollution Boundaries
Two thousand hectares of contaminated soil and 200 people with symptoms of a rare dermatological disease, chloracne. This was the result of an accident in the chemical plant...
Chemicals in Waste Will Continue to Pose Health and Environmental Threats Under New EU Rules
June 23, PRAGUE - Earlier this week, the European Council and Parliament reached an agreement on new limits on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in wastes, but unfortunately,...
Arnika’s interventions at BRS meeting: Health and environment must be the priority criterion
Arnika’s lead expert Jindřich Petrlík and IPEN Global Researcher based in Arnika Jitka Straková called for improvements of the Stockholm convention in their interventions at the...
BRS side event: POPs threaten the global circular economy
An important conference of parties of Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm conventions takes place in Geneva these days. Arnika and the International Pollutants Elimination Network...
Cancer-causing Dioxins and PCBs Threaten the Food Supply and Human Health Globally
2 June 2022, GOTHENBURG / PRAGUE / NAIROBI / JAKARTA / YAOUNDÉ / ACCRA / LIBREVILLE / BANGKOK / MONTEVIDEO / CHISINAU / SAN FRANCISCO / BEIJING / DAKAR – A new review of data...
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...
Old pesticide stockpiles and tyre pyrolysis were identified as potential sources of persistent organic pollutants in Moldova
18 May 2022, CHISINAU/PRAGUE – A recent joint study by Moldovan and Czech experts revealed the presence of significant persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in chicken eggs. These...
International Activities
In order to ensure a better and healthier future for as many people as possible, we share our know-how and protect the environment and environmental rights regardless of geographical location.
Armenia: For the clean development of regions Guardians of Moldovan nature Bosnia and Herzegovina: Jewels of nature Clean air for Ukraine Clean air for Georgia Toxic pollution in Thailand Transparent pollution control in Indonesia Climate change in Kazakhstan Eko.ba Cleanair.org.ua Stop-persecution.org Ecocitizens.kz