WTE(Waste to Energy) Archives - Page 4 of 9 - Centre for Financial Accountability

Article

Stop the Toxic Takeover: AIFC Slams Illegal Waste Dumping in Sathangadu Wetland”

Alliance for Incinerator Free Chennai (AIFC) strongly condemns the Greater Chennai Corporation’s illegal dumping of ...

Article

Waste-to-Energy Plants, Once Regarded As Panacea For India’s Garbage Crisis, Are Worsening Toxic Air In Cities

Framed as a solution to India’s urban waste crisis, 20 waste-to-energy plants across India, handling 19,900 tonnes...

Coverage WTE(Waste to Energy)

Article

Push for more WTEs despite mounting failures!

A slew of new waste to energy incineration projects have been announced across India in spite of mounting evidence of it...

Energy General WTE(Waste to Energy)

Article

Burning Waste, Warming Cities: New Report Links Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Plants to Urban Heat Crisis in Delhi

A new report titled “Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Incineration and Urban Heat in Delhi: Burning Waste, Warming Cities?” release...

Coverage Energy WTE(Waste to Energy)

Article

Burning Waste,Warming cities?

Waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration and urban heat in Delhi. Heatwaves, which are a period of unusually high temperatures...

Energy General Publications WTE(Waste to Energy)

Article

Why technicalising India’s waste crisis is not the solution

Pushing technological solutions like waste-to-energy plants overlook the social, political and economic aspects of wast...

Coverage Energy General WTE(Waste to Energy)

Article

Dear govt, you can’t burn your way out of a plastic crisis

As part of the 2025-26 budget, the state govt announced two waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration plants in Kodungaiyur and...

Coverage Energy General WTE(Waste to Energy)

Article

NGT takes suo-motu action against Manali waste incinerator, slams TNPCB, GCC

The 10-tonne waste incinerator in Manali, Chennai, has been operating since 2019 without permission from the TNPCB and h...

Coverage Energy WTE(Waste to Energy)

Article

Alliance for Incinerator Free Chennai welcomes the Suo Moto case initiated by the National Green Tribunal- Southern Zone based on the Fact-Finding report by CSOs on the illegal operation of the waste incinerator in Manali for 5 years.

Press release April 16, 2025 The NGT- Southern Zone, has initiated a Suo Moto case based on the joint fact-finding repor...

Energy General Press Releases WTE(Waste to Energy)

Article

IFC ends investment in waste-to-energy incineration projects in Gujarat, India, following civil society campaign

While IFC’s withdrawal is welcome, civil society urges the Bank to stop funding WTE projects and move towards zero-waste...

Coverage Energy International Finance International Finance Corporation WTE(Waste to Energy)

« Previous

August 14, 2025

CFA Admin

Stop the Toxic Takeover: AIFC Slams Illegal Waste Dumping in Sathangadu Wetland”

Alliance for Incinerator Free Chennai (AIFC) strongly condemns the Greater Chennai Corporation’s illegal dumping of waste in the Sathangadu wetland (Proposed WTE incinerator site) Press Statement | August 08, 2025 Alliance for Incinerator Free Chennai (AIFC), an alliance of communities, resi...

General Press Releases WTE(Waste to Energy)

Article

July 28, 2025

Subasree K

Waste-to-Energy Plants, Once Regarded As Panacea For India’s Garbage Crisis, Are Worsening Toxic Air In Cities

Framed as a solution to India’s urban waste crisis, 20 waste-to-energy plants across India, handling 19,900 tonnes or one eighth of India’s total daily waste generation, emit toxic pollutants that endanger public health. Marginalised communities are disproportionately affected by pollution fro...

Coverage WTE(Waste to Energy)

Article

July 11, 2025

Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

Push for more WTEs despite mounting failures!

A slew of new waste to energy incineration projects have been announced across India in spite of mounting evidence of its failures, environmental and health impacts. Recently the MoEFCC granted environmental clearance for the construction of a new WTE plant in Bawana, Delhi despite vehement protests...

Energy General WTE(Waste to Energy)

Article

June 5, 2025

Counter Currents

Burning Waste, Warming Cities: New Report Links Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Plants to Urban Heat Crisis in Delhi

A new report titled “Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Incineration and Urban Heat in Delhi: Burning Waste, Warming Cities?” released today by The People’s Alliance for Waste Accountability (PAWA) exposes a disturbing and overlooked consequence of Delhi’s waste management policy of promoting Waste to Energy (WT...

Coverage Energy WTE(Waste to Energy)

Article

June 4, 2025

The People’s Alliance for Waste Accountability (PAWA)

Burning Waste,Warming cities?

Waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration and urban heat in Delhi. Heatwaves, which are a period of unusually high temperatures as compared to what is normally expected over a region, are increasingly posing a serious threat to health, especially in the Indian subcontinent. It progresses gradually and caus...

Energy General Publications WTE(Waste to Energy)

Article

June 12, 2025

Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

Why technicalising India’s waste crisis is not the solution

Pushing technological solutions like waste-to-energy plants overlook the social, political and economic aspects of waste. “Trash is treasure when you recycle.” “Don’t waste waste—manage it well!” “Technology can transform waste from a problem into a valuable resource.” “Technological innovations...

Coverage Energy General WTE(Waste to Energy)

Article

May 6, 2025

Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran & Vishvaja S

Dear govt, you can’t burn your way out of a plastic crisis

As part of the 2025-26 budget, the state govt announced two waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration plants in Kodungaiyur and Tambaram with a capacity of 21MW and 15-18MW electricity generation from solid waste. The WTE at Kodungaiyur dump yard is to be set up at an estimated life-cycle cost of Rs 3,450c...

Coverage Energy General WTE(Waste to Energy)

Article

April 17, 2025

Nidharshana Raju

NGT takes suo-motu action against Manali waste incinerator, slams TNPCB, GCC

The 10-tonne waste incinerator in Manali, Chennai, has been operating since 2019 without permission from the TNPCB and has also been dumping ash containing harmful heavy metals. The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) took suo-motu cognisance after a fact-finding group—consisting of ...

Coverage Energy WTE(Waste to Energy)

Article

April 17, 2025

Alliance For Incinerator Free Chennai

Alliance for Incinerator Free Chennai welcomes the Suo Moto case initiated by the National Green Tribunal- Southern Zone based on the Fact-Finding report by CSOs on the illegal operation of the waste incinerator in Manali for 5 years.

Press release April 16, 2025 The NGT- Southern Zone, has initiated a Suo Moto case based on the joint fact-finding report which found that the 10-ton/day waste incinerator in Manali was operating illegally for more than 5 years and releasing alarming levels of hazardous heavy metals. The incinerator...

Energy General Press Releases WTE(Waste to Energy)

Article

April 16, 2025

Brettonwoodsproject.org

IFC ends investment in waste-to-energy incineration projects in Gujarat, India, following civil society campaign

While IFC’s withdrawal is welcome, civil society urges the Bank to stop funding WTE projects and move towards zero-waste solutions instead. On 17 February, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector arm, confirmed it will not provide a planned $40 million loan to su...

Coverage Energy International Finance International Finance Corporation WTE(Waste to Energy)

Article

« Previous

Categories

WTE(Waste to Energy)

Stop the Toxic Takeover: AIFC Slams Illegal Waste Dumping in Sathangadu Wetland”

Waste-to-Energy Plants, Once Regarded As Panacea For India’s Garbage Crisis, Are Worsening Toxic Air In Cities

Push for more WTEs despite mounting failures!

Burning Waste, Warming Cities: New Report Links Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Plants to Urban Heat Crisis in Delhi

Burning Waste,Warming cities?

Why technicalising India’s waste crisis is not the solution

Dear govt, you can’t burn your way out of a plastic crisis

NGT takes suo-motu action against Manali waste incinerator, slams TNPCB, GCC

Alliance for Incinerator Free Chennai welcomes the Suo Moto case initiated by the National Green Tribunal- Southern Zone based on the Fact-Finding report by CSOs on the illegal operation of the waste incinerator in Manali for 5 years.

IFC ends investment in waste-to-energy incineration projects in Gujarat, India, following civil society campaign

Stop the Toxic Takeover: AIFC Slams Illegal Waste Dumping in Sathangadu Wetland”

Waste-to-Energy Plants, Once Regarded As Panacea For India’s Garbage Crisis, Are Worsening Toxic Air In Cities

Push for more WTEs despite mounting failures!

Burning Waste, Warming Cities: New Report Links Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Plants to Urban Heat Crisis in Delhi

Burning Waste,Warming cities?

Why technicalising India’s waste crisis is not the solution

Dear govt, you can’t burn your way out of a plastic crisis

NGT takes suo-motu action against Manali waste incinerator, slams TNPCB, GCC

Alliance for Incinerator Free Chennai welcomes the Suo Moto case initiated by the National Green Tribunal- Southern Zone based on the Fact-Finding report by CSOs on the illegal operation of the waste incinerator in Manali for 5 years.

IFC ends investment in waste-to-energy incineration projects in Gujarat, India, following civil society campaign

CFA