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INCINERATION  - MEDIA & LETTERS - YORK REGION 
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 2011  (not complete)

• Nov 30 - State of waste in York - Metroland (Fleischer)

• Nov 9 - Dig your own grave and save (Clarington Incinerator) - Christopher Watts, Aurora

• Nov 9 - Leaders’ explanations for party no excuse - T. Harrison, Newmarket

• Nov 9 - Party cost warranted: Fisch - Metroland, York (Fleischer)

• Nov 4 - Region on hook for part of bash - Metroland, York (Traber)

 2010

  2009

• Oct 08, 2009

  Region's garbage diversion tops in province despite investigation

  by David Fleischer and Chris Traber

   

• Not enough capacity for organics: region
  2009/07/09
  
  Problems plaguing Toronto’s green bin efforts, tipping off a province wide probe, do not extend into York, according to the region’s environmental commissioner.

   

• York-Durham incinerator on track

  2009/06/26

  
  Regional council has officially approved the final environmental assessment for the incinerator it will share with Durham Region. The approval concludes work dating back to 2005 and if approved by...
• Incinerator builder named

  2009/05/14

  
  Convanta Energy has won the contract build the York-Durham incinerator. Durham Council already endorsed the selection the largest North American energy provider at its April 22 meeting. After...
• York’s incinerator costs rise by $775K

  2008/09/18

  
  Costs are piling up for the yet-to-be-built York-Durham incinerator.
  York’ Region politicians will hear time is of the essence before agreeing to an additional $775,000 to keep the...
• Recycle program not as great as town thinks

  2008/08/21

  
  Re: We’re willing to recycle, as long as it’s not too ‘icky’, Aug. 7.
  How successful can a program be when we are still paying to ship materials from green bins to the States to have...

  2008

• York’s incinerator costs rise by $775K
  Sep 17, 2008

  by Patrick Mangion

   

• Recycle program not as great as town thinks

  Aug 21, 2008
  East Gwillimbury letter to the editor

   

• Green bin programs have major setbacks

  2008/07/02

  
  York Region has resorted to incinerating as much as one-third of its organic waste in what can be considered a major setback to the celebrated green bin program. Composting of curbside...
• Incineration wasn't one of the options

  2008/06/26

   
  York Region has become a victim of its own quest to recycle as much as possible. Now it turns out a third of the organic waste we separate at source is being trucked to Niagara Falls, New York, to...
• Clarington councillors oppose planned York-Durham incinerator site

  2008/02/14

  
  Clarington politicians passed a resolution this week stating they are unwilling to host a proposed incinerator, just as East Gwillimbury did last year.  The decision does not change the...
• York council quietly OKs incinerator site in Durham

  2008/01/25

  
  York Region council has decided not to step on Durham Region’s toes in determining a home for a proposed trash incinerator. On the heels of Durham’s decision to select a Clarington site...
• York backs Clarington incinerator site

  2008/01/24

  
  As expected, York Region council has decided not to step on Durham Region’s toes in determining a home for a proposed trash incinerator. On the heels of Durham’s decision Wednesday, to...
• NOPE is operative word on incinerator

  2008/01/18

  
  Re: Incinerator site approved, Jan. 10. Your article on the incineration site approval in Clarington quotes Richmond Hill Regional Councillor Vito Spatafora as not liking what he hears...
• Incinerator site approved by York, Durham politicians
  2008/01/10
  York trash is one step closer to getting burned, with incinerator plans passing another political hurdle.
  York Region’s waste management committee yesterday approved a consultants’...
   
• Councillors to review incineration plan tomorrow

  2008/01/07

  
  The proposed Clarington incinerator will be the hot topic tomorrow as representatives from York and Durham regions review a report on the recommended site and the results of the October 2007 public...

  2007

• Incinerator sites on the table

  2007/12/12

  
  A safe incinerator could most likely be built at any of the sites on Durham and York region’s short list, but the regions should carry two sites forward in the process to ensure the best possible...
• Plan with two sites, incinerator consultant recommends

  2007/12/10

   
  A safe incinerator could most likely be built at any of the sites on Durham and York’s short list, but the regions should carry two sites forward in the process to ensure the best possible...
• York, Durham should narrow to two

  2007/12/10

  
  A safe incinerator could most likely be built at any of the sites on Durham and York region’s short list, but the regions should carry two sites forward in the process to ensure the best possible...
• It stinks, but Halton deserves day in court

  2007/12/05

  
  We in York Region can take a bow for the way we have embraced waste diversion.
  Since green bins were introduced regionwide in September, our diversion rates have risen past 65 per cent...
• Critics still object to incinerator site

  2007/11/01

  
  Moving the site of the Durham-York incinerator out of York Region and into the southern end of Durham Region might have satisfied the NIMBY crowd, but others in the community are still convinced the...
• Committee backs Clarington incinerator site

  2007/09/25

  
  An incinerator to dispose of York and Durham's trash should be built in Clarington, a committee decided today.
  The Durham/York Residual Waste Study Joint Management Group has voted to accept...
• York off hook for incinerator

  2007/09/22

  
  A proposed incinerator to serve York and Durham regions should be built in Clarington, consultants recommend.
  York and Durham have been involved in a study to find a way to deal with...
• Build incinerator in Clarington, consultants recommend

  2007/09/21

  
  Consultants recommend a proposed incinerator to serve York and Durham regions be built in Clarington, at Hwy. 401 and Courtice Road. A short list of sites, one in East Gwillimbury and three...
• Seeking green leadership

  2007/09/19

  
  It’s 20 days until the election and in an effort to win the hearts of voters, every party is touting environmental measures. But what are the green issues most prevalent in York Region?...
• Incinerator study may be trash

  2007/08/15

  
  Errors in the Durham-York incinerator study may undermine the process as a whole, a peer review of the study states. Choosing the site for the proposed incinerator to deal with York and...
• Why is York not taking site off incinerator list?

  2007/07/21

  
  Re: Trash initiatives mean less burning needed, letter to the editor by York Regional chairperson Bill Fisch, July 12.  Mr. Fisch makes some excellent points in his letter. The York Region...
• Health risks still burning topic

  2007/07/21

  
  If you want to know more about health risks associated with a proposed incinerator in the region,  consultants will answer your questions Tuesday in Newmarket.  Last month, a health...
• York can do better than 65% waste diversion

  2007/07/21

  
  Re: York needs to take action, ownership in trash dilemma, editorial, June 28.
  I commend The Era-Banner for its comprehensive editorials and articles regarding waste management in York...
• New partner for incinerator?

  2007/07/18

  
  Another municipality has entered talks to become part of the Durham-York incinerator study.
  While Peterborough has been an observer of the study since it began, last week it started to...
• Junkets anger taxpayers

  2007/07/18

  
  They’re baaaaaack — well almost all of them.
  Taxpayers got their money’s worth  when they picked up the $26,000 tab for a two-week junket to Italy, York Region chairperson Bill Fisch...
• Trash initiatives mean less burning needed

  2007/07/11

  
  Re: York needs to take action, ownership in trash dilemma, editorial, June 28.
  As a part of the Durham/York Residual Waste Environmental Assessment Study, a number of changes, aimed to...
• Incinerator decision hinges on traffic

  2007/06/30

  
  Trucks loaded with trash and rolling through Newmarket day and night aren’t getting the green light from Mayor Tony Van Bynen. 
  Council won’t give a proposed $250-million waste incinerator...
• York needs to take action, ownership in trash dilemma

  2007/06/27

  
  York Region appears to be backpedalling on its commitment to burn household trash as a way to meet the province’s lofty 2008 waste diversion targets.
  Judging by a lack of presence by...
• Incinerator won't hurt health, study says

  2007/06/20

  
  Having an incinerator burning trash in York Region will likely have little adverse health and ecological effects on residents and the surrounding environment, according to a study.  There...
• Regions never agreed on price tag: director

  2007/06/16

  
  York will only pay for the waste capacity it needs, the region’s director of waste management says.
  In undertaking a joint study with Durham on the possibility of building a $250-million...
• 'Put or pay' discourages diversion

  2007/06/16
  York and Durham regions are moving forward with plans to create an energy from waste incinerator to get rid of all the garbage we can’t eliminate any other way. Last  week,...

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