Currently, the city of Detroit incinerates all of its trash at a plant at Russell Street and Ferry Avenue. The city's lease on the facility is set to expire in the summer of 2009. That means Detroit has the opportunity to implement a new trash policy. The Metrotimes discusses the opportunity for healthier, greener trash disposal.
Meanwhile, the Free Press notes the progress already being made to increase recycling.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Incineration vs. Recycling
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I love how utterly devoid of information the Metrotimes article was. Either the plan is really vague right now, or the interviewer/writer was pretty incompetent.
Still, the Freep article was encouraging in terms of recycling. I wonder how much money the city would loose without burning paper and plastic? any ideas?
-Ellen Chamberlin
I'm sure it's a dreadful read, but I found a 301-page report from July on the city's website that lists the costs of operating the incinerator and evaluates the alternatives available.
It's called the "Strategic Planning & Solid Waste Disposal Alternatives Report" and was prepared by the Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Authority (GDRRA).
Hopefully I'll find a summary somewhere or a more in-depth article, but here's the link if you want the data the city's looking at:
http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/greaterresource/download.asp
One more link for you. The Metrotimes did a cover story on the incinerator in 2002. I haven't read it yet, but it looks quite informative:
http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=3053
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