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Media release 21/01/26  ACT Government upholds ban on waste incineration Toxics Free Australia congratulates the ACT Government for upholding its ban on waste incineration. “This is the right decision at…

Media Statement 23rd October 2025 NSW Government rolls out the red carpet for incineration. Today the NSW Government released the first chapter of the NSW Waste and Circular Infrastructure Plan….

Media statement 27th August 2025 Victorian Government ignites massive waste burning agenda.  This week the Victorian Government approved the incineration of 2.35 million tonnes of waste every year under their…

Media statement 27th August 2025   Victorian Government ignites massive waste burning agenda.  This week the Victorian Government approved the incineration of 2.35 million tonnes of waste every year under…

  Media Release  8th July 2025. Australia’s world highest cancer rates reflect our regulatory framework for chemicals and pollution and must drive urgent change. ABC Four Corners story – Generation Cancer…

This webinar hosted by Toxics Free Australia explains the importance of biomonitoring for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) close to waste incinerators.  The Toxicowatch foundation is an organization dedicated to creating…

Support a Moratorium on waste to energy incineration in Australia. Dear friends, colleagues and supporters, Australia is facing more than 10 largescale waste to energy incinerator projects right now with…

Refuse Derived Fuel: The Hidden, Hazardous Plastic Waste Trade November 20, 2024 By charlesmargulis As delegates prepare to meet in Busan, Korea next week to hammer out a Plastics Treaty to…

                                                     Media Release                                                    14/11/2024 The United Nations Special Rapporteur urges the Australian Government to uphold and enshrine the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The United Nations Special…

Media Release Tuesday 3rd September 2024 Tomorrow we are releasing a comprehensive new report reviewing the science and global experience around incineration, finding that the technology is an outdated, unsustainable…