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Residents, environmental groups urge caution on incinerator plans and ash reuse
Summary
Speakers at the Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority meeting urged the board to pause plans tied to a new incinerator and to reconsider proposals to recycle incinerator ash for use as road aggregate, citing health and environmental concerns and requests for stronger waste‑reduction commitments.
Several residents and environmental advocates used the Solid Waste Authority (SWA) public comment period to press the board to reconsider pursuing incineration and to oppose plans to recycle incinerator ash as aggregate.
Linda Smith of the Sierra Club Loxahatchee Group asked the board to postpone action tied to item 5f, described in her remarks as an “aggregate recovery project” that could extend an agreement’s term and generate modest revenue. She said she was “a little vague on some of the details” and asked where recycled ash “is gonna go? How is…
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