Incineration of Municipal Solid Waste

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May 9, 2007
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A Reasonable Energy Option?
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Impact on Global Warming
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Costs and Financial Risks
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Pollution
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Municipalities across North America are struggling with complex decisions around long term waste disposal planning. Decades of experience with various disposal options offers a sound set of data from which to measure their environmental impacts.

A coalition of six environmental organizations including the Pembina Institute, the David Suzuki Foundation, Sierra Legal, Toronto Environmental Alliance, Canadian Environmental Law Association and Great Lakes United produced this 4-part fact sheet series:

  • Impact on Global Warming
  • Understanding the Costs and Financial Risks
  • A Reasonable Energy Option?
  • An Update on Pollution
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