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Carroll County Commissioners tell Frederick County to ‘vigorously pursue’ a new partner for incinerator
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Posted: Friday, June 29, 2012 12:00 am | Updated: 11:52 pm, Thu Jun 28, 2012. By Carrie Ann Knauer Carroll County Times Staff Writer It may not carry any legal weight, but the Carroll County Board of Commissioners sent a letter to their Frederick County counterparts Thursday suggesting each party…
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Not all waste authorities are created equal, and most do not recommend incineration. View Wheelabrator’s 522 lawsuits! (PDF) Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. is the vendor selected to build the incinerator. According to a document obtained by Caroline Eader, a proponent of non-incineration alternatives, Wheelabrator and its subsidiaries have been involved in…
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The success of generating energy from waste is based on a single flawed concept — waste, and the revenue from the electricity will not cover the costs of the incinerator. The projections used to justify a waste-to-energy incinerator argue that the county will be able to successfully operate the incinerator…
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The following are real-life stories told to us by people who live in our area and who have lived or currently live near an incinerator. To contribute your story, please send us an email Story 1: The Smell From the Dickerson Incinerator Makes My Throat Burn Jane Hunter, who lives…
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Robin Davidov was the executive director of the NMWDA and has been lobbying around the world in support of incineration. The NMWDA will not only own the Frederick County incinerator but will also receive a kickback of $490,710.00 the first year of operation and in subsequent years, these kickbacks increase 3%…
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We cannot just keep throwing our garbage into a landfill, and transporting our garbage out of state has been costing us millions. However, being opposed to incineration does not mean support for a landfill. We need to support waste disposal alternatives that reduce or eliminate the need for a landfill…
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The options are not incineration vs. a landfill To deal with its trash (also called solid waste), Frederick County currently operates its own waste transfer station and landfill. In January 2009 Frederick County implemented a residential curbside, single-stream recycling program, but it also long-hauls much of its waste to a…
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