MYTH: Incinerators make waste “disappear.”
FACT: For every 100 tons burned, up to 30 tons of toxic ash remain - and it still goes to landfill.
@janekvahk.bsky.social
Father of two, activist, environmentalist.
MYTH: Incinerators make waste “disappear.”
FACT: For every 100 tons burned, up to 30 tons of toxic ash remain - and it still goes to landfill.
They told you waste incineration was green energy.
Here’s what they didn’t tell you… 🧵
Hey @mircosoft.bsky.social buying CDR credits from Oslo's waste incinerator is the wrong move. BioCCS comes from biowaste—new EU rules mandate separate collection. That waste should become compost, not CO₂. Soil needs nutrients, not smoke.
19.07.2025 12:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0According to a report published by the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM): "Some power and heat can be recovered from incinerating waste, but given the UK’s relatively green grid, EfW [incineration] is not a low-carbon form of energy". 🔥⚠️
www.ciwm.co.uk/ciwm/news/20...