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#Incineration

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Dr. Melanie Bergmann

1/n New analysis concludes: „Furthermore, there is a significant shift in waste disposal: #incineration is emerging as a prominent waste disposal method (34%), landfill is decreasing substantially (40%), while the global #recycling rate remained stagnant (9%). #plastic
nature.com/articles/s43247-025

NatureComplexities of the global plastics supply chain revealed in a trade-linked material flow analysis - Communications Earth & EnvironmentGlobal plastics production is concentrated in oil-producing countries with advanced petrochemical industries, while plastics disposal has shifted from landfill to incineration, with recycling consistently low, according to a global trade-linked material flow analysis of plastics for the year 2022.
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BellingenNSW

Airborne Hazards
Smoke pollution from pile burning, bushfires and burn pits

Push for Australia to recognise toxic burn pits in Afghanistan as cause of cancer in soldiers >>
abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/bur

Airborne Hazards and Burn Pit Exposures (US)
"Open air pits used to burn several waste products, including, but not limited to: chemicals, paint, medical and human waste, metal/aluminum cans, munitions, petroleum and lubricant products, plastics and Styrofoam, rubber, wood, and food waste."

List of illnesses from airborne hazards and burn pit exposures >>
publichealth.va.gov/exposures/

Pile burning in rural NSW
"Burning of cut and stacked vegetation is referred to as a pile burn." The piles often also contain waste materials. >>
rfs.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/p

Black Summer bushfire smoke
"Before summer's end, 33 people had lost their lives, more than 3,000 homes had been destroyed, and more than 17 million hectares of land had been burnt, devastating lives and regional economies. Many cities and towns were blanketed in smoke with air quality ranking amongst the worst in the world.">>
apsc.gov.au/state-service/stat

ABC News · Push for Australia to recognise toxic burn pits in Afghanistan as cause of cancer in soldiersBy Angelique Donnellan
#AirborneHazards#smoke#waste
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AI6YR Ben

Tacoma News Tribune: Man dies in fiery crash in South Hill area after Tesla reaches speeds of 100-plus mph (2/18/25)

"A 45-year-old man was killed in a fiery, high-speed crash into trees and a fence in the South Hill area Monday, authorities said. The man was driving alone in a Tesla eastbound on 128th Street East in excess of 100 mph shortly before 11 p.m....(a) deputy broke the driver-side window in an effort to rescue the victim, who was described as “very large,” but could not pull him out before flames engulfed the vehicle,"

thenewstribune.com/news/local/

#tesla#death#incineration
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BellingenNSW

The black summer bushfires’ toll on the vets and carers helping Australian wildlife

"When the 2019-20 fires erupted Veterinarians and carers responded on the front lines. In December 2019 the sky went black in many parts of Australia. In the following weeks, unprecedented bushfires killed 33 people, destroyed thousands of homes, decimated about 3bn animals and 24m hectares of habitat...Smoke was circumventing the globe."

"The trauma doesn’t go away."

Burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) is causing hotter, drier conditions and is increasing the risk of bushfires.

> Leave fossil fuels in the ground
> Stop incinerating bio-diversity
> Pay vets to treat Australian wildlife injured by bushfires and combustion engine infrastructure impacts.
> Support volunteer carers for wildlife

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theguardian.com/australia-news
#FossilFuels #HumanActivities #petroculture #fires #risks #Bushfires #2019Bushfires #LoggingImpacts #roadkill #wildlife #biodiversity #incineration #trauma #vets #care #volunteers #governance

The Guardian · ‘I sort of fell apart’: black summer bushfires’ toll on the vets and carers helping Australian wildlifeBy Susan Chenery
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Ricardo Harvin

The goal of Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation solutions is "progress, not perfection", with radical and continual improvements.

#WasteToEnergy #incineration is only a bit cleaner than #coal and #gas, but "...the process reduces the volume of #waste, creates #energy, and part of the residue can be #recycled." while reducing the amount of #waste burned in the open, a major and increasing source of #pollutants and #GreenhoseGas #emissions

#link: youtu.be/OPVUrO-_7SM?si=8sqFZX

YouTubeWhy don’t we just burn our trash?By DW Planet A
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