Air quality study of East Java waste-to-energy plant sparks dispute, health warnings

Mongabay
Aug 15, 2025, 11:31 pm368 ptsTop
A 54-day monitoring by Indonesia’s largest environmental group around a waste-to-energy plant in East Java revealed frequent air quality levels breaching World Health Organization safety limits, raising concerns for public health. Indonesian NGO Walhi has recently published its findings from stationary and…

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