UK filmmaker Candida Brady's documentary Trashed, featuring actor Jeremy Irons looks at the growing global crisis of trash, highlighting how human health and the environment are threatened by the pollution from burning and discarding waste. Trashed will receive a special screening at the Cannes film festival, which runs from May 16-27.

GAIA’s first decade ended in December 2010—and we spent 2011 putting together stories and images to share a snapshot of the alliance’s collective work. GAIA’s values include taking the time to appreciate one another and to celebrate our success and work together. We hope this report, “GAIA 10: 10 Years of Community Action for Zero Waste Solutions,” will be an opportunity for collective reflection and celebration.

In 2010, Connecticut produced 3.2 million tons of solid waste, of which 24 percent was recycled; 68 percent was burned at trash-to-energy plants; 7 percent was sent to out-of-state landfills and incinerators; and 1 percent was put in Connecticut landfills

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Environmentalists are taking the Bloomberg administration to task over its plan to develop waste-to-energy plants -- including the controversial proposed siting of the city's first pilot project at Fresh Kills.