On April 26th, Toronto's Public Works & Infrastructure Committee voted 4-2 to seek bids for private waste collection in the western half of the City.

On April 26, the Public Works Committee again discussed the Highland Creek Incinerator. Unfortunately, the Committee voted 4 to 2 to continue incinerating sewage sludge in Scarborough. The issue now goes to Council for a final vote later in May.

On June 8th 2010 at City Council, TEA helped pass a motion to stop incineration of Toronto’s sewage sludge at the Highland Creek Treatment Plant in Scarborough.

TEA's Executive Director, Franz Hartmann, talks to the Globe and Mail about biodegradable bags.

But Franz Hartman, executive director of the TEA, says after diverting all we can, composting, recycling and using extended producer responsibility programs, “what do you have left to burn?”

TEA has pushed to recycle - not burn - used tires in Ontario for many years!