Thursday, Jan. 19: Garbage incineration has its foes — and its fans.
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The last big municipal incinerator built in Canada was for Durham and York Regions. It opened in 2015 after 10 years of controversy and start-up challenges, with construction and permitting costs of $284.2 million, and in 2020 reported gross operating costs of $16 .8 million. At 2023 prices, an equivalent-sized incinerator for Ottawa would cost considerably more.
Past concerns about particulates and dioxins have been resolved. In Sweden, only one per cent of solid waste goes to landfills, 57 per cent is recycled, and about 43 per cent is incinerated with heat recovery.
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