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Cortland’s rejection of ash-for-trash deal will hurt Onondaga County

Date: 18 Dec 2015 | posted in: waste - anti-incineration, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

For the past three years, residents of Syracuse and Onondaga County, NY, have sent only 315,000 tons of garbage to the County’s garbage incineration plant. There has been less trash generated in the county and recycling programs have become more effective. Unless the tonnage sent to the plant increases the county  will incur a penalty to offset reduced electricity sales.

In a very bad deal, the county residents are stuck with a long term ‘put or pay’ contract.

Read the full story here from Syracuse.com, December 7, 2015

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Neil Seldman, Ph.D, directs the Waste to Wealth Initiative. He specializes in helping cities and businesses recover increasing amounts of materials from the waste stream and add value to the local economy through new processing and manufacturing facilities. He is a co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.