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Residents and environmental advocates urge county to consider alternatives to incineration
Summary
Public commenters at the Sullivan County Legislature meeting urged the county to avoid building an incinerator and suggested in-house waste management, dual-stream recycling and anaerobic digestion as lower-cost, lower-pollution options.
Several residents and environmental advocates used the public-comment period at the Sullivan County Legislature meeting to urge officials not to pursue incineration as a waste-management option and to explore alternative strategies.
Star Hesse said a trash incinerator would “pollute and destroy most of the things that make people want to come here,” and asked legislators to consider the fiscal harm of undermining tourism attractions. "If you're giving people money to encourage tourists to come, don't turn around and kill the…
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