Gurugram, Oct. 30 -- Haryana's plan to expand waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration, including a proposed plant with a capacity to process 2,000 tonnes of waste daily in the Gurugram cluster, has come under scrutiny following a new report that questions the climate benefits of burning municipal waste to generate electricity.

The report, 'The Climate Cost of Burning Waste, The Carbon Intensity of Waste-to-Energy Incinerators in Delhi, and Why It Should Not Be Funded as Climate Action', by the National Alliance for Climate and Ecological Justice (NACEJ) and the Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA), estimates that electricity generated by Delhi's four operational waste-to-energy plants carries a substantial fossil-carbon burden, almost 4....