1/ Proposed as a solution to the waste management crisis & a #sustainable #energy source, #waste-to-energy technology sounds, like a win-win solution. But as the growing local opposition in #SoutheastAsia shows, it is anything but.

A 🧵 on the reality of the effects of #incineration on local communities, an investigation supported by #JournalismFund, published in #EnergyMonitor

https://www.energymonitor.ai/sectors/industry/facing-headwinds-at-home-europe-and-japan-are-pushing-waste-to-energy-technology-across-south-east-asia/