Updates
Update on Prevent Cancer Now’s Incineration Campaign
An Ounce e-Newsletter (Winter 2012) CLICK HERE
Update on Prevent Cancer Now’s Incineration Campaign
An Ounce e-Newsletter (Fall 2011) CLICK HERE
Update on Prevent Cancer Now’s Incineration Campaign
An Ounce e-Newsletter (Summer 2011) CLICK HERE
Update on Prevent Cancer Now’s Incineration Campaign
An Ounce e-Newsletter (Spring 2011) CLICK HERE
Durham-York Incinerator Receives Environmental Assessment Approval
An Ounce e-Newsletter (Winter 2011) CLICK HERE
Queen’s Park Anti-Incineration Rally a Huge Success
Photo Album (May 13, 2010) CLICK HERE
Incineration: Burning Issues – 2009 in Review
By Linda Gasser, An Ounce Newsletter (March 2010) CLICK HERE
Update on Prevent Cancer Now’s Incineration Campaign
By Linda Gasser, Campaign Coordinator (October 2008) CLICK HERE
News Articles & Media Releases
Congressman Markey to US EPA: No More Delays on Dioxin Health Assessment
Media Release (January 10, 2011) CLICK HERE
AMO throws its weight behind DEEP project, indirectly
Orangeville.com (January 9, 2011) CLICK HERE
Council, public have questions about incineration scheme
The Sun Times (January 8, 2011) CLICK HERE
Large turnout for incineration meeting in Meaford
Meaford Independent (January 8, 2011) CLICK HERE
EPA Asked To Delay Dioxin Assessment
Chemical and Engineering News (January 2, 2012) CLICK HERE
Proposed dioxin limit draws farm concerns
Argus Leader (December 27, 2011) CLICK HERE
Is Canada dropping the ball on sustainable waste management?
Your Voice (December 27, 2011) CLICK HERE
Council endorses Plasco deal 22-1; Deem risk to taxpayers ‘virtually nonexistent’ in garbage deal
Ottawa Citizen (December 15, 2011) CLICK HERE
Report on alternatives to Plasco out of date
Ottawa Citizen (December 14, 2011) CLICK HERE
Plasco incineration deal doesn’t let us off recycling hook
Ottawa Citizen (December 12, 2011) CLICK HERE
Plasco contract worth mulling
Ottawa Citizen (December 3, 2011) CLICK HERE
Plasco set to take 300 tonnes of trash a day
Ottawa Citizen (December 2, 2011) CLICK HERE
City to pay Plasco only for garbage it processes, Kirkpatrick says
Ottawa Citizen (December 2, 2011) CLICK HERE
Diversion should be among the Province’s Top Environmental Priorities
States Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner‘s Annual Report
Media Release (November 29, 2011) CLICK HERE
Plasco executive earlier played key role on top city files
Ottawa Citizen (November 28, 2011) CLICK HERE
Peel sorts through waste options
Mississauga News (November 26, 2011) CLICK HERE
City of Windsor to join Detroit incinerator fight
Windsor Star (November 24, 2011) CLICK HERE
Council must keep asking about Plasco incineration scheme<
Ottawa Citizen (November 17, 2011) CLICK HERE
Talks on for long-term deal with Plasco, city manager says
Ottawa Citizen (November 15, 2011) CLICK HERE
Incinerator a burning issue among Metro candidates
Vancouver Sun (November 9, 2011) CLICK HERE
Councillors demand inquiry into lavish incinerator party
Toronto Star (November 8, 2011) CLICK HERE
Bills in for trash facility’s pricey private party
Toronto Star (November 3, 2011) CLICK HERE
A tender affair with Plasco
Ottawa Citizen (November 2, 2011) CLICK HERE
Incineration is always a bad idea
Vancouver Sun (October 27, 2011) CLICK HERE
Ottawa city council could consider Plasco deal as early as December
Ottawa Citizen (October 27, 2011) CLICK HERE
Trash-to-energy proposal troubles Fraser Valley voters
Vancouver Sun (October 14, 2011) CLICK HERE
Industry Front Group Promotes Practices that Bankrupt American Cities
GAIA Media Release (October 13, 2011) CLICK HERE
U.S. fine reignites anger over Durham’s incinerator plans
Toronto Star (August 16, 2011) CLICK HERE
Critics skeptical of Metro Vancouver’s ecological health action plan
Straight.com (August 3, 2011) CLICK HERE
Prevent Cancer Now warns B.C. residents about the health risks of incineration
Media Release (July 28, 2011) CLICK HERE
Durham gives go-ahead to burn its trash
Toronto Star (July 26, 2011) CLICK HERE
Response to Metro Vancouver’s approval of incineration as a part of its Waste Management Plan
Fraser Valley Regional District Media Release (July 25, 2011) CLICK HERE
Garbage plan for Metro Vancouver approved
Metro Vancouver Media Release (July 25, 2011) CLICK HERE
Metro Vancouver Solid Waste Management Plan approved
B.C. Government Media Release (July 25, 2011) CLICK HERE
Metro Vancouver’s proposed incinerator might have a nanopollution problem
Georgia Straight (July 21, 2011) CLICK HERE
How did Harrisburg get millions in debt?
Patriot News (July 20, 2011) CLICK HERE
Return to burning garbage among options being pondered by Capital Regional District
BC Local News (July 19, 2011) CLICK HERE
Settlement reached with Covanta for air emissions violations at plant in Wallingford
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Media Release (July 15, 2011) CLICK HERE
You make it, you recycle it
Toronto Star (July 2, 2011) CLICK HERE
Durham’s controversial trash burner clears second-last hurdle
Toronto Star (June 29, 2011) CLICK HERE
Consultant says burning Capital Region’s garbage is feasible
CFAX 1070 (June 22, 2011) CLICK HERE
Court Sides With EPA on Medical-Waste Incinerator Rules
New York Times (June 24, 2011) CLICK HERE
New Study: Vinyl – the Most Widely Used “Hazardous” Plastic
Center for Health, Environment & Justice (June 22, 2011) CLICK HERE
Waste Incinerator Sought
BC Local News (June 10, 2011) CLICK HERE
Inquiry is ordered into incinerators and health hazards they may pose
Tribune Magazine (June 8, 2011) CLICK HERE
(Campbell River) Residents pleased, concerned with garbage study
Courier-Islander (May 20, 2011) CLICK HERE
Metro Vancouver waste plan languishes in Victoria
BC Local News (May 17, 2011) CLICK HERE
Going green benefits bottom line
Toronto Star (March 11, 2011) CLICK HERE
Waste Agency Wants Harrisburg Incinerator; Offers $45 Million For Troubled Burner
Intelligencer Journal, Pennsylvania (March 11, 2011) CLICK HERE RELATED
Mayor pushes energy-from-trash proposal
Brantford Expositor, Letter-to-the-Editor (February 28, 2011) CLICK HERE
North Surrey will oppose incineration plan
Surrey Leader, Letter to the Editor (February 15, 2011) CLICK HERE
North Surrey the ideal spot to burn garbage: Councillors
Surrey Leader (February 8, 2011) CLICK HERE
Incineration: Food for Thought
Toronto Star (January 15, 2011) CLICK HERE
Plasco waste-to-energy plant’s permit set to expire
Ottawa Citizen (January 14, 2011) CLICK HERE
Fire burns in storage pit at Tulsa’s trash-to-energy plant
Tulsa World (January 11, 2011) CLICK HERE
Incineration 2010’s burning issue – Courtice incinerator a done deal and newsmaker of the year
Oshawa and Whitby’s “This Week” (December 2010) CLICK HERE and HERE
Goodbye, foreign landfill
Toronto Star (December 29, 2010) CLICK HERE
Durham incinerator deal signed
Toronto Star (November 26, 2010) CLICK HERE
Shutdown of World’s Largest Waste Incinerator Signals a Change in the Climate
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (October 21, 2010) CLICK HERE
Lessons can be learned from trash plant
Post Star (October 16, 2010) CLICK HERE
Trash plant’s costly past about to meet new future
Post Star (October 16, 2010) CLICK HERE
Snuffed: With no fanfare, Detroit’s incinerator quietly shuts down
Metro Times (October 13, 2010) CLICK HERE (Related Video)
Covanta Energy Sues Harrisburg Over $1.9M In Missed Payments
Dow Jones Newswire (October 5, 2010) CLICK HERE
The Best Way to ‘Zero Waste’
The Tyee (September 3, 2010) CLICK HERE
Metro waste-burning plan heads to Victoria
BC Local News (August 27, 2010) CLICK HERE
Pennsylvania county gets $34.7 million bill for incinerator plant
Bloomberg Business Week (August 24, 2010) CLICK HERE
Now Atlantic is found to have huge ‘garbage patch’
The Independent (August 20, 2010) CLICK HERE
Connecticut Auditor General sues incineration plant over excessive dioxin emissions
La Tribune (August 19, 2010) CLICK HERE
Cancer prevention group urges Metro Vancouver board to reject incineration
Straight.com (July 30, 2010) CLICK HERE
New incinerator in Metro Vancouver still possible after board vote
Straight.com (July 30, 2010) CLICK HERE
Metro Vancouver must re-examine biased incinerator report
Media Release (July 27, 2010) CLICK HERE
Tide Shifting Away from Waste Incineration in Metro Vancouver
Media Release (July 22, 2010) CLICK HERE
Metro Vancouver committee recommends trash incinerator for region
Media Release (July 21, 2010) CLICK HERE
Canadian Idol star releases song to help fight waste incineration
Media Release (May 27, 2010) CLICK HERE
Let’s trash region’s plan to incinerate garbage
The Province (May 4, 2010) CLICK HERE
Metro halts grant for scientist who opposed incineration
BC Local News (April 27, 2010) CLICK HERE
Incineration: Special Series on Waste-to-Energy Proposals
Watershed Sentinel (March 2010) PART #1 - PART #2 - PART #3
Company pulls plug on incineration plant
Kamloops Daily News (March 19, 2010) CLICK HERE
Anger mounts over Durham incinerator plan; Doctor says polluted air will lead to cancer
By Carola Vyhnak, Toronto Star (March 3, 2010) CLICK HERE
Incineration – North America: 2009 in Review
Gaia (March 2010) CLICK HERE
Waste-to-energy incineration is both noxious and expensive
By Joyce Nelson, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (February 1, 2010) CLICK HERE
Controversy heats up as cities look to incinerators to solve waste woes
By Shelagh McNally, Canwest News Service (October 15, 2009) CLICK HERE
Families provide incineration ‘solution’
By Wendy Helfenbaum, DurhamParent.com (August 6, 2009) CLICK HERE
Standing room only at Newcastle anti-incineration meeting
By Jennifer Stone, Durham News (May 27, 2009) CLICK HERE
Group protests change in Clarington incinerator stance
By Keith Gilligan, Durham News (May 11, 2009) CLICK HERE
Could your trashcan solve the energy crisis?
From New Scientist (April 22, 2009) CLICK HERE
Incinerators are Impeding the Transition to Sustainablility
By Peter Montague, Rachel’s Democracy and Health News (July 13, 2006) CLICK HERE
