Author: Haley Rischar
Environmental groups have petitioned for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to require companies to disclose the chemicals discharged from waste incinerators and plants that transform plastic waste into fuel, Reuters reports. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the Energy Justice Network filed the petition with the agency April 3, claiming that chemical emissions from 400 incineration, gasification and pyrolysis, or advanced recycling, facilities are not required to be reported to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI).