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Incineration

Environmental Groups Decry Province’s Plan to Cut Public Oversight of Controversial Plastic Burning Projects
For immediate release March 01, 2022
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Analysis: Will Ontario ban single-use plastics - or burn them?
Will Ontario consider a ban single-use plastics? We combed through their Provincial Discussion Paper Reducing Litter and Waste in Our Communities line-by-line. Here’s what you need to know - and what you should tell the Ontario government.
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Toronto's Long Term Waste Strategy
Toronto is developing a Long Term Waste Plan for what to do with our city's waste over the next 30-50 years. This is an important environmental decision, and we need to push for a focus on Reducing, Reusing and Recycling our waste.
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Air Pollution from Burning Sewage
At TEA's request, the City finally released the Air Quality Impact study for Highland Creek's sewage treatment plant. Now we know how incineration 'stacks up' against pelletization and it's not good news.
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New health report identifies risks of burning sewage waste
The Highland Creek Treatment Plant is the only remaining sewage incinerator in Toronto and is one of the top polluters in our city. Attend an upcoming consultation on the future of Highland Creek Treatment Plant on November 19th.
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Durham-York incinerator firing up with health concerns
Just east of Toronto, the “state-of-the-art” incinerator built to burn the garbage for Durham and York Regions is already going over toxic air emission limits in the testing stage.
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Peel scraps mega-incinerator - lessons for Toronto?
After hearing from TEA, residents and other community groups, Peel Council changed their Long Term waste plan and voted to cancel a costly incinerator, voting instead for better recycling and composting.
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Facts about Incineration and Energy-from-Waste
Burning or destroying resources instead of recycling, reusing or composting them wastes energy, releases harmful greenhouse gas emissions and other toxins into our air and water.
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Incineration & Energy from Waste - Frequently Asked Questions
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Good Intentions Don’t Justify Bad Environmental Laws
December 4, 2014, the Provincial Government released a draft regulation. If enacted, it will be easier for cement and steel companies to burn garbage instead of coal to make their products. They claim this is good for the environment. Environmental groups have big concerns.
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