Justice Equity Diversity Inclusion

Burning trash is an expensive scam. For decades, incineration companies have charged excessive fees to burn mixed household and commercial waste – draining public money intended to support clean energy. And now, fossil fuel giants want to use pricey trash-burning gimmicks to justify huge increases in plastic production. These companies claim they use technology that generates “renewable energy,” or reuses plastic in “innovative” ways. But that’s not the truth.