How the Major European Waste Incineration Experiment Became a Nasty Headache

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The small Basque village of Zubieta has an unlikely talent for a place of its size: this community of 300 souls can make the waste of half a million people disappear. Each year, no fewer than 200,000 tons of waste from across northwest Spain are trucked to the Gipuzkoa treatment plant, located on the outskirts of the village. There, it is sorted and transported to a giant incinerator, which produces enough electricity to power 45,000 homes. The …