We’re proud to stand with the Canadian Zero Waste Coalition in opposing Ontario’s proposal to classify waste incineration as renewable energy. ✊🇨🇦 Read more about our letter in Waste Dive: www.wastedive.com/news/ontario... Burning waste is not a zero waste solution. #NoBurn #BurnNot, #GoForZeroWaste

Ontario weighs new support for WTE amid disposal capacity questions

The province is analyzing comments on a proposal to categorize the biogenic waste burned in incinerators as renewable energy, which would subsidize the facilities. Environmental groups say that’s a st...

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What happens to a battery after it dies? GAIA Africa member Centre for Citizens Conserving Environment (CECIC) documents the journey of battery waste, learn more⤵️ cecicug.org/what-happens... #GoForZeroWaste #renewablebattery

With our co-host GAYO, the 2026 Africa Zero Waste Academy brought together 50 emerging and experienced climate and waste practitioners from Africa for a powerful journey of learning, exchange, movement-building, and action. 🔗 https://www.no-burn.org/africas-2026-zero-waste-academy/ #GoForZeroWaste

The future is zero waste, and the youth are leading the charge! This #IYD2026, we stand in solidarity with young people globally who are championing a #zerowaste, #noburn world where no one gets left behind. Happy International Youth Day!💚

A local US win against a plastic-burning pyrolysis facility! Congratulations and thanks to the effort of the community in Licking County, the Buckeye Environmental Network, and the incredible movement that made this possible. READ: benohio.org/freepoint-ec... #BurnNot, #GoForZeroWaste! #NoBurn

The Tingi Tindahan in the Philippines is a beautiful example of community-led #zerowaste solutions to reduce single-use plastics. Congratulations to the community, Mother Earth Foundation PH, local government partners, and everyone involved! @theguardian.com #lessplasticmorelife #goforzerowaste

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.

Soy sauce refills and reused jars: can Philippines’ tingi culture hold back deluge of plastic waste?

GAIA & @somoamsterdam.bsky.social's latest paper synthesises insights from our June 2026 virtual learning circle on lithium-ion battery overproduction. The session brought together over 20 participants from industry, research, civil society, labour organisations, and affected community advocates.

GAIA Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives@gaiazerowaste.bsky.social · 4w ago

🆕️ Global manufacturing capacity for lithium-ion batteries is now estimated at 2-5x greater than current demand. This paper asks: what is driving it, who pays the price, and what can we do about it? Read: www.no-burn.org/resources/di... #renewablesdoneright ##evbatteries @somoamsterdam.bsky.social

We explored key questions about battery overproduction in an online learning circle organised by @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social and SOMO, with participants from industry, civil society, and academia. Read our reflections ➡️https://www.somo.nl/different-energy-resources-same-race-to-the-bottom/

🆕️ Global manufacturing capacity for lithium-ion batteries is now estimated at 2-5x greater than current demand. This paper asks: what is driving it, who pays the price, and what can we do about it? Read: www.no-burn.org/resources/di... #renewablesdoneright ##evbatteries @somoamsterdam.bsky.social

Community Right-to-Know laws haven’t been meaningfully updated in nearly 40 years. Our new report examines why modernizing community right-to-know protections is essential. Read the full report: no-burn.org/resources/crtk2026 #RenewablesDoneRight #EVbatteries

GAIA Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives@gaiazerowaste.bsky.social · last mo.

Our new report examines the environmental & public health implications of lithium-ion battery recycling in Nevada and highlights why stronger #communityrighttoknow protections are essential to ensuring transparency & accountability. 👉Read: no-burn.org/resources/crtk2026 #renewablesdoneright

Congrats & thanks to the community members, supported by environmental organizations! Read about this win for community voices, environmental justice, and the right of residents to be meaningfully heard in decisions that affect their lives: www.chosun.com/english/nati... #BurnNot #goforzerowaste

Check out this 🚨NEW REPORT🚨 from @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social that examines the environmental and health implications of lithium-ion battery recycling in Nevada’s rapidly expanding “Lithium Loop” and beyond. Download link below: www.no-burn.org/resources/cr...

Our new report examines the environmental & public health implications of lithium-ion battery recycling in Nevada and highlights why stronger #communityrighttoknow protections are essential to ensuring transparency & accountability. 👉Read: no-burn.org/resources/crtk2026 #renewablesdoneright

Join changemakers from GAIA US Canada, GAIA LAC, and beyond to track action on waste methane and #EnvironmentalJustice, share expertise, identify gaps, and celebrate progress. 📅 July 23 ➡️ Swipe for more details 🔗 Register at tinyurl.com/GlobalActionHub8 #CutMethane #ClimateAction #GoForZeroWaste

Exciting news! 🎉 We're hosting a comprehensive media training for journalists in Accra on July 24 for members of our Africa Zero Waste Journalist Network. Follow us on LinkedIn for updates from the training: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gaia-global-alliance/ #AfricaForZeroWaste #GoForZeroWaste

Want to learn more about how communities around the world are redirecting money from polluters toward Zero Waste projects in EJ communities - including here in MD? Join us next Wednesday 7/22 at the @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social Zero Waste Strategy Lab! RSVP here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#zerowaste is possible for islands around the world! 🏝️💚 If you are a local official, grassroots organizer, sustainable tourism operator, or concerned citizen, learn more about our Zero Waste Island Framework through this practical guide. Download: tinyurl.com/ZWIFramework #GoForZeroWaste

We're at the Africa Clean Air Forum in Pretoria, 🇿🇦 running from 13–16 July. Our team is joining policymakers, researchers, industry leaders, media & civil society to share insights and strengthen collective action to tackle air pollution. Stay tuned for more updates! #BurnNot #GoForZeroWaste

Applications are now open for the #ZeroWasteAcademy: Community Zero Waste Program Implementation Course 2026 Intake! Join our free 12-week online learning journey to help design and implement Zero Waste programs in your city or community. Register by Aug 10: https://bit.ly/zwa-2026 #GoForZeroWaste

"We cannot tackle climate change, biodiversity loss, or the plastic pollution crisis without addressing the unsustainable extraction and production models that harm our planet, violate international law, and the rights of Indigenous Peoples." Read: news.exeter.ac.uk/research/env... #climatechange

New ‘prescription’ to address environmental crisis

A new “prescription for the planet” aims to address the deepening environmental crisis. An international team of researchers set out to understand why climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution c...

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Meet our speakers! Join the 8th Global Action Hub on Waste Methane and #EnvironmentalJustice meeting to know more about #zerowaste stories on-the-ground: 📅 July 23: 7AM California/10AM Chile/3PM London/4PM Cape Town/9PM Jakarta 🖋️Register: tinyurl.com/globalactionhub8 #CutMethane #ClimateAction

GAIA, IPEN, & IIPFP "highlighted the lack of transparency and meaningful opportunities for observer participation, both in the informal meetings and the small committee involving the chair and delegates over recent months..." Read: www.renewablematter.eu/en/plastic-t... #PlasticsTreaty

Accra Launches Ambitious LOW‑Methane Portfolio to Accelerate Climate Action 🌍, Advance Zero Waste 💚, and Build Cleaner Communities 🌱 Read our media release 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/media-release-accra-launches-ambitious-low-methane-yu7fe/?trackingId=VklSc8AzAWDPtOoPIJffdg%3D%3D

NEW: Read to learn about the impacts of bioplastics on human health and the environment, and how it replaces one form of single-use pollution with another, diverting attention from proven solutions to plastic waste through prevention and reuse.⬇️ www.no-burn.org/resources/fa... #PlasticsTreaty

❌🛍️"No, thanks. I don't need one." On International Plastic Bag Free Day, organizations across Central America are coming together to remind us that refusing plastic bags is a simple action that helps pave the way towards a future free from single-use plastics. Join the challenge! #PlasticFreeJuly

Ready to dive deeper into reducing plastic pollution? Check out www.no-burn.org/plastic for more info. #PlasticFreeJuly #LessPlasticMoreLife

GAIA Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives@gaiazerowaste.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Happy International Plastic Bag Free Day! Today & every day, let’s #breakfreefromplastic: ✅Bring your own bag to shop ✅Refuse single-use plastic bags ✅Reuse old bags ✅Support local businesses that have a plastic-bag-free policy ✅Urge others to do the same #PlasticFreeJuly #LessPlasticMoreLife

Happy International Plastic Bag Free Day! Today & every day, let’s #breakfreefromplastic: ✅Bring your own bag to shop ✅Refuse single-use plastic bags ✅Reuse old bags ✅Support local businesses that have a plastic-bag-free policy ✅Urge others to do the same #PlasticFreeJuly #LessPlasticMoreLife

It’s the 16th year of #PlasticFreeJuly! Together, we can stop plastic pollution while growing local economies and protecting the health and wellbeing of families and communities worldwide. Read⬇️ https://www.no-burn.org/plastic-free-july/ #BreakFreeFromPlastic #LessPlasticMoreLife

Join GAIA for the first workshop in a new three-part series exploring EV battery waste, environmental justice, and transparency in the clean energy transition. 👉Register here: bit.ly/CRTK2026 #RenewablesDoneRight #GoForZeroWaste

🆕 Read this brief from Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) exposing the plastic industry’s PR playbook. #BreakFreeFromPlastic #CourageNotCompromise

Center for International Environmental Law@ciel.org · 2mo ago

Plastic pollution is the predictable result of a decades-long industry disinformation campaign. New brief: The Plastics Plot maps the nine frames the plastics industry uses to delay action and shape the terms of debate. 🧵