GAIA’s technology analysis report, Waste Gasification and Pyrolysis: High Risk, Low Yield Processes for Waste Management, said gasification has failed to operate on a commercial scale to treat municipal solid waste. “Waste burning undermines communities’ efforts to intensify waste reduction and recycling programs. She said plastic is a petroleum-based product and burning plastic waste releases huge amounts of carbon dioxide and toxins into the atmosphere and environment. Meanwhile, EcoWaste Coalition (EWC), a pollution watchdog, said that burning plastic waste violates Philippine laws. “Plastic waste burning also violates the country’s environmental laws such as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act and the Clean Air Act,” Aileen Lucero, EWC national coordinator, said.

Source: Manila Times March 08, 2017 16:54 UTC