The Halton Incineration Proposal

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This paper explores the issues confronting the proposed incinerator for waste disposal in Halton, Ontario. The paper discusses NIMBYism (Not In My Back Yard), the economic rationale of incineration, the scientific rationale of the incineration process and alternatives to incineration. The paper then provides a comparative analysis of real-world incineration projects from North American and European jurisdictions. Additionally, the paper analyzes the pro and con arguments related to the project. Finally, the paper concludes that these arguments and substantiating data present a strong case in support of the Halton incinerator proposal.

Outline:
Introduction
Planet NIMBY
Disposal Methods and Rationales
Addressing NIMBY: The Swiss Example

From the Paper:

"The Halton proposal for the siting of a waste incineration plant shares with other environmentally sensitive projects - such as landfills or nuclear power generation - a particular vulnerability to the phenomenon known as NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard). Since the early 1980s local public opposition to waste disposal projects throughout the industrialized world - in diverse jurisdictions from Europe to the United States - have resulted in the abandonment of many proposed projects to address the waste disposal requirements of our societies (Dente and Fareri 3). The characteristic feature of this phenomenon is that while the majority of our populations continue to produce enormous quantities of waste - as much as two-thirds of a tonne for each man, woman and child in the United States (Course Reader 185) - no one wants projects to dispose of this waste situated in their locality."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Course Reader - Geography 702. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Custom Publishing, 2006.
• Dente, Bruno and Fareri, Paolo. "Siting Waste Facilities: DrawingLessons from Success Stories." In The Waste and the Backyard:The Creation of Waste Facilities: Success Stories in SixEuropean Countries. Eds. Bruno Dente, Paolo Fareri and Josee Ligteringen. Norwell, MA: Kluwer, 1998, 3-46.
• Ministry of the Environment - Government of Ontario. Environmental Risks of Municipal Non-Hazardous WasteLandfilling and Incineration. Toronto: Government of Ontario,1999.
• National Research Council. Waste Incineration and Public Health.Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 2001.
• Zuppinger, Urs and Knoepfel, Peter. "Swiss Border Incident: ACase Study of the Ciba-Geigy Special Waste Incineration Plant in Basel, Switzerland." In The Waste and the Backyard:The Creation of Waste Facilities: Success Stories in SixEuropean Countries. Eds. Bruno Dente, Paolo Fareri and Josee Ligteringen. Norwell, MA: Kluwer, 1998, 117-159.

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