Burns about 800,000 tons of trash a year, of which 300,000 is from the City of Detroit. The City was obligated to pay bonds used to finance the construction of the facility and related air-pollution control equipment. Also had to guarantee that the incinerator would get 800,000 tons of trash a year.
Managed by the Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Authority.
Timeline
June 2009
June 30: City Council passed a resolution instructing city staff to seek an injunction against the continued use of the incenerator. Mayor Dave Bing vetoed the measure.
July 2009
The issue has turned into a problem of government transparency, as no-one outside of the City Council inner circle seems to have an idea of what will happen to it.
City Council authorizes the hiring of to help get an injunction stopping the shipment of (city) garbage to the incinerator.
In mid-July, the Energy Investors Fund of Boston decided to force the City to keep sending trash to the incinerator. A contract obligates the City to comply.
2010
The City agrees to a contract that requires incinerating trash until at least 2021.
People
- Brad van Guilder, community organizer for the Ecology Center. The Center is considering a lawsuit against the City for its handling of the incinerator.
- Edward Cardenas, spokesman for the mayor
- JoAnn Watson, Councilwoman opposed to the incinerator.
- Jeff Prymack, director of the Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Authority
Sources
- http://www.metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=14151
- Incinerator owner wants to take Detroit's trash for another year. Detroit News, 19 July 2009. link
