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Residents, students and environmental groups urge council to back ‘Stop Trashing Our Air’ bill and alternatives to incineration
Summary
Students, environmental advocates and community groups used the public-comment period to press Philadelphia City Council to support the ‘Stop Trashing Our Air’ bill and pursue composting, recycling and other alternatives to regional trash incineration, citing asthma, pollution and environmental justice concerns.
Dozens of community members and students filled the public-comment period at Philadelphia City Council to press elected officials to support the Stop Trashing Our Air Act and to adopt alternatives to burning municipal waste.
Second-graders from Fannie Jackson Coppin School opened the section with a minute-long appeal—saying they compost and recycle at school and asking council to stop burning trash because it creates “toxic pollution” and can make people sick. "We should stop burning trash," a student said. "Chester deserves clean air."
Environmental advocates followed. Vanessa Zapata, a staff attorney for an environmental nonprofit,…
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