FOR ALL THE hype that the President has been bragging on the so-called waste-to-energy projects as the solution to the garbage crisis, many say its contribution to power supply would at best be only marginal.
“WTE can trim the volume of residual waste going to landfills, but that is the limit of its usefulness,” Noel M. Baga, co-convenor of think tank Center for Energy Research and Policy, told Business World.
“It manages waste after the fact rather than reducing it at...
AS CLIMATE CHANGE, environmental degradation, and unsustainable patterns of living continue to threaten communities across the country, environmental advocates,...