Beyond Incineration

Beyond Incineration
Best Waste Management Strategies for Montgomery County, Maryland
Report published: March 2021

Prioritizing:

  • Cost-effectiveness

  • Human health & safety

  • Climate protection

  • Continuous waste reduction

Prepared for: County Executive Marc Elrich
By: Zero Waste Montgomery County
Underwritten by: Sugarloaf Citizens’ Association, www.sugarloafcitizens.org
Principal Author: Mike Ewall, Esq., Energy Justice Network, 215-436-9511, mike@energyjustice.net, www.energyjustice.net

This report documents what decision makers and the public need to know about the options for managing our discarded materials. A recent series of reports prepared by HDR Consultants, as well as a draft of the county’s Ten-Year Solid Waste Management Plan currently under review, neglect to examine the full negative impacts of continuing to use the county’s trash incinerator. Nor did either provide a robust visionary analysis of all the potential solutions existing today for the county to pursue. This report provides detailed analysis of the negative impacts of incineration to lay bare the reasons why we must stop using this method of waste management and how to pivot to more sustainable solutions.

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