Say good-bye to Toronto's last sewage incinerator!
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. Please read our briefing note for more information (attached below).
This old incinerator was one of the largest polluting facilities in Toronto; emitting over 38 tonnes of GHG emissions per day not to mention toxins like heavy metals, hexachlorobenzene, and dioxins/furans.
It was a very close vote with a little over half of Toronto’s Councillors voting to put the last City-owned incinerator to rest for good! Congratulations to all the Councillors who stood up for a safer, sustainable option for managing our sewage waste.
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