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Cement Kiln Incineration
by Mike Ewall and Katy Nicholson
(1 MB PowerPoint file)
PDF version (2.2 MB; this version lacks the added notes and documentation that the PowerPoint includes)
2006 version by Mike Ewall and Katy Nicholson
(3.6 MB PowerPoint file, translated by Cecilia Allen of GAIA)
Other useful resources:
- Cement Kiln Portal
- Recycling or Disposal? -- Hazardous Waste Combustion in Cement Kilns: An Introduction to Policy and Legal Issues Associated with Burning Hazardous Waste in Cement Kilns (1995 American Lung Association report)
- Energy Use in the Cement Industry in North America: Emissions, Waste Generation and Pollution Control, 1990-2001
Groups opposing cement kilns and the use of cement kilns for waste incineration:
- Colorado Citizens Campaign - CEMEX Lyons Cement Plant (Lyons, Colorado)
- Downwinders at Risk - TXI (Midlothian, Texas)
- Friends of Hudson - challenging tire burning at LaFarge's Ravena Cement Plant (Ravena, New York)
- Montanans Against Toxic Burning -- Holcim Trident cement plant (northeast of Three Forks, Montana)
- Citizens Against the New Kiln (Padeswood, Flintshire, UK)
NEW: We are mapping all of the existing, proposed, closed and defeated dirty energy and waste facilities in the United States. We are building a network of community groups to fight the facilities and the corporations behind them.