PHILADELPHIA - The future of Philadelphia’s waste disposal is under scrutiny as city officials, health leaders and advocates push for an end to incinerator use, citing health risks for Chester ...

Demonstrators performed a "die-in," with about a dozen people lying on the ground at City Hall after coughing loudly to ...

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As the Director of the Maryland Chapter of the National Waste & Recycling Association, I have been reading with great interest the articles and editorials The Sun has published on “green washing” and ...

The city is still evaluating the environmental impacts of burning trash versus landfilling it, the Office of Clean and Green director said.

Incineration is widely used to reduce the volume of municipal solid waste, to reduce the potential infectious properties and volume of medical waste, and to reduce the potential toxicity and volume of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Philadelphia’s trash is currently sent to an incinerator in Chester, raising health and environmental concerns. City officials and ...