An incinerator by any other name would smell as toxic.
Environmentaly lobbyists Greenpeace say they oppose President Rodrigo Duterte’s endorsement and plans to introduce waste-to-energy technology in the Philippines.
“We stand by our position that ‘waste-to-energy’ and ‘integrated waste management systems’ are just fancy names for incinerators, and not at all clean, renewable or healthy. Incinerators go against the principle of sustainability,” said Abigail Aguilar, detox campaigner of Greenpeace Southeast Asia-Philippines, in a statement.
“Their toxic emissions can never be controlled once released to the environment, therefore lethal to humans and damaging to the ecology.”
Japanese firm Hitachi Zosen is set to construct a USD395-million garbage-burning power plant in Quezon City expected to operate in the early 2020s, as reported by Nikkei Asian Review.
”WTE goes against the very purpose of the Clean Air Act, which seeks to curb pollution,” Aguilar added.
“We should instead promote practice of reduction, segregation at source, recycling and reuse. The government should couple this with Renewable Energy solutions, which are cleaner and more viable.”
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