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Peekskill CAC urges planning for end of Wheelabrator incinerator contract
Summary
The council warned that Peekskill’s Wheelabrator trash incinerator—one of the nation’s oldest—has a 10‑year contract that expires in 2029 and urged the city to plan now for potential closure and replacement revenue sources.
Members of the Peekskill Conservation Advisory Council raised concerns on Jan. 8 about the city’s long relationship with the Wheelabrator trash incinerator and the absence of planning for its eventual end.
Meeting notes state the current 10‑year contract expires in 2029 and that the incinerator is among the oldest in the country. Council members said the City historically has renewed the contract repeatedly over the past 40 years and that lack of planning for closure could leave fiscal and operational gaps.
The council recommended that CAC representation on the Comprehensive Plan advisory committee could help plan for phasing out the incinerator and identify economic replacements for any lost revenue. No formal city action or timetable for closure was reported in the notes.
Next steps: pursue advisory representation in the Comprehensive Plan process to ensure waste‑management futures are considered during plan development.
