19 Jan 2023 --- Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) commissioned research has found “high levels” of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in biomarkers such as eggs of backyard chicken, pine needles and mosses in the vicinity of three waste-to-energy incinerators. ToxicoWatch Foundation analyzed the deposition in the vicinity of the incinerators at UAB Kauno Cogeneration Power Plant (Kaunas, Lithuania), Valdemingómez (Madrid, Spain) and ZEVO Chotíkov (Pilsen, Czech Republic).
