Solid Waste
Solid waste refers to both household and industrial waste, including household trash and garbage that could be recycled or composted, sewage sludge, and construction and demolition waste, much of which can be recycled. Disposal of solid waste is a major concern. Can it be recycled? Should it be incinerated or dumped in landfills? What are the economic and health costs?
Basics
- The Story of Stuff — An entertaining series of short videos on the circular economy
- Wastes – EPA website on waste generation, management, and health effects
- Municipal Solid Waste Landfills – EPA summary
- Landfill Tour — Republic Waste
- Solid Waste Authority – meeting notices – agendas, minutes, streaming links
Current Status
- Composting – Media EAC has good video about how they started a composting program
- Pennsylvania LWV Position on Zero Waste Initiative
Paths Forward
Latest Solid Waste Posts
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Aston construction waste processor asks DEP for permission to double capacity
John R. Savoy Enterprises, Inc. has applied to modify Solid Waste Permit #101226 to increase the daily waste limit of its Transfer Station and Recycling Facility, an existing Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste Transfer Facility, located at 52 Concord Road in Aston, Delaware County.. The deadline for public comments is… Read more…
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CRCQL launches last-ditch effort to dissuade Philly from signing new Reworld contract
Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living (CRCQL) is asking Delaware County residents to call or email Philadelphia City Council to NOT approve a new contract with Reworld/Covanta incinerator to burn a portion of its trash and to pass the “Stop Trashing Our Air Act.” City Council previously failed to enact… Read more…
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Philadelphia plans to award a new four-year contract to Reworld incinerator
Despite heavy lobbying by Energy Justice Network, Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living and other environmental groups to ban trash burning at the Reworld Incinerator in Chester, the City of Philadelphia will seek another four-year contract with the country’s largest incinerator. Read more…