Incineration most costly and toxic waste disposal

[Joseph R Parrish Jr <JoeParrish@compuserve.com>]

The following excerpt from Garden State EnviroNews 
shows the folly of waste incineration.  In order to keep 
these massively expensive devices running waste needs 
to be imported from states hundreds of miles away.
There is no more expensive or toxic way to dispose of waste.
And the inspectors who were to oversee its operation are now gone.
Joe Parrish
NJ/NY Environmental Watch
61 Broad Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07201
and
300 East 56th Street
New York, NY 10022

Re:
Garden State EnvironNews 091299

" Essex County was the first county in the state to agree to build an
incinerator when the state Department of Environmental Protection
ordered all 21 counties to construct disposal plants in the 1980s
because it appeared that out-of-state landfill would soon shut their
gates. Essex County became a partner with the Port Authority of New
York and New Jersey, which financed the plant, and American Ref-Fuel,
a subsidiary of Browning Ferris Industries, one of the giants in the
waste industry. American Ref-Fuel owns and operates the plant. The
firm brings waste in from throughout the metropolitan area, and as far
away as Massachusetts to fill the burners."
<snip>
" Arnold Cohen, one of the founders of the
Ironbound Committee, is urging the county to redouble it efforts to
protect the public by rehiring inspectors, who had been laid off in a
budget crisis several years ago."

" Cohen said the towns should have more hearings and forums on the
proposed contracts before agreeing to the terms. An Oct. 7 forum is
scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Montclair town hall."

"(C) 1999 The Star-Ledger"