- Hazardous Waste and Tire Incineration in the U.S. and Mexican Cement Industries: Environmental and Health Problems (updated November 2007)
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) - Incineración de residuos peligrosos y llantas en Estados Unidos Industria cementera: Problemas Ambientales y en la Salud
2006 version by Mike Ewall and Katy Nicholson
(3.6 MB PowerPoint file, translated by Cecilia Allen of GAIA)
Other useful resources:
- Cement Kiln Fact Pack (Center for Health, Environment and Justice)
- GAIA Cement Kiln Resources
- The Impact of Cement Kilns on the Environment
- Cement Kiln Portal (groundWork)
- Cementipedia
- 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:
- 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); site is down, but see archives from 2007, 2012, and 2016.
- Citizens Against the New Kiln (Padeswood, Flintshire, UK)
