04-13-2008, 12:39 PM
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Originally posted by JayJay
So for those of us who haven't been paying attention and perhaps to bring us up to speed, why, in a nut shell is 'wheelabrator' the wrong choice?
JayJay
The known financial cost: $125million and rising. Debt more than 3-times larger than any previous single item.
The alternatives: materials markets are clamoring for recyclable materials. Recycling, composting, and re-use, along with good-old common-sense innovation, have proven safer, lower cost, and more effective at keeping stuff out of the landfill.
The corporation: Wheelabrator, with parent company Wast Management Inc have a history criminal and civil legal problems as well as regulatory violations.
The County's process that selected Wheelabrator: flawed in design and fraudulent in execution.
The pollutants: toxic nano-particles of 'persistent organic pollutants' (Googgle it) -- dioxin, heavy metals, etc that bio-accumulate in the food chain.
James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park