- Cremation Association of North America: Environmental Impact of Cremation
https://www.cremationassociation.org/blog/environmental-impact-of-cremation - EPA: Map of Commercial Waste Combustors in the U.S.
https://www.epa.gov/household-medication-disposal/map-commercial-waste-combustors-us - Inside Climate News: “Advocates Welcome EPA’s Proposed Pollution Restrictions on Trash Incineration. But Environmental Justice Concerns Remain”
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13012024/epa-pollution-restrictions-on-trash-incineration/ - Inside Climate News: “A New Plant in Indiana Uses a Process Called ‘Pyrolysis’ to Recycle Plastic Waste. Critics Say It’s Really Just Incineration”
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11092022/indiana-plant-pyrolysis-plastic-recycling/ - PBS News: “How U.S. Hospitals Cleaned Up Their Toxic Trash”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/agents-for-change/how-u-s-hospitals-cleaned-up-their-toxic-trash - The New School: Tishman Environment and Design Center’s Work Reveals Most Incinerators Pollute Low-Income and Communities of Color and Worsen Climate Change
https://blogs.newschool.edu/news/2022/05/tishman-environment-and-design-centers-work-reveals-most-incinerators-pollute-low-income-and-communities-of-color-and-worsen-climate-change/ - Washington Post: “The Stunning Rise of Cremation Reveals America’s Changing Idea of Death”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/04/18/cremation-death-funeral/ - Zero Waste Europe: Leaky Loop “Recycling”
https://zerowasteeurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Leaky-Loop-Recycling_-A-Technical-Correction-on-the-Quality-of-Pyrolysis-Oil-made-from-Plastic-Waste-.docx.pdf
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