International Day Alternatives to Burns

World Alternatives to Incineration Day was announced on July 14 by the international network GAIA (Global Alliance for Incineration Alternatives). Over 230 organizations in more than 60 countries organize awareness events on this day. The date was chosen for the first day of the meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Preparation of the Stockholm Convention on the Ban and Restriction of Persistent Organic Substances. Incinerators are one of the main sources of leakage of these substances into the environment.