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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>Climate Change: Incineration or Zero
Waste?<BR></FONT></STRONG><EM><FONT size=2>Wednesday, September 17, 6:30pm
<BR>MIT, </FONT></EM><A href=""><EM><FONT size=2>Bldg
56</FONT></EM></A><EM><FONT size=2> (Whitaker) Rm. 154; by car or by MBTA
(Kendall Square Station) <BR></FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT size=2>Free, refreshments served.<BR></FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>This will be a slide presentation by authors of the
<STRONG>Stop Trashing the Climate</STRONG> report, Dave Ciplet from
<STRONG>Global Alliance for Incineration Alternatives</STRONG>, and Brenda
Platt, from the <STRONG>Institute for Local Self-Reliance</STRONG>. Right now
the DEP is drafting a new Solid Waste Master Plan and is weighing
waste-to-energy v. waste reduction. For more information, contact </FONT><A
title=blocked::mailto:Lynne.Pledger@sierraclub.org href=""><FONT
size=2>Lynne.Pledger@sierraclub.org</FONT></A><FONT size=2>. Sponsored by the
Massachusetts Sierra Club and MIT Recycling. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Additional information:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The Mass Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is
considering lifting the state moratorium on more incinerator capacity, which
would open the door for harmful second-generation incineration technologies
promoted now in Massachusetts: gasification, pyrolysis, and plasma. Contrary to
waste industry greenwashing, these facts are supported by studies: (1).
Recycling recovers far more energy than waste-to-energy technology, and saves
material resources as well. (2) Incinerators release dioxins and furans - among
the most dangerous compounds for human health. (3) Incinerators emit more
climate-changing CO2 per megawatt hour than coal-fired, natural-gas- fired, or
oil-fired power plants. (4) Waste reduction creates many more jobs than
waste-to-energy. DEP is also considering <I>Zero Waste</I> strategies:
waste reduction, reuse, full recycling, composting, and producer responsibility.
Please let officials know you want to retain the incineration moratorium
<I><B>and</B></I> support a strong waste reduction target and plan, funded in
part by disposal surcharges. </FONT></DIV>
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