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Resolutions

The following Zero Waste Resolution has been passed by Delaware County municipalities so far:

  • 3/8/2021: Swarthmore Borough
  • 4/15/2021: Media Borough
  • 4/21/2021: Lansdowne Borough
  • 4/22/2021: Nether Providence Township
  • 8/18/2021: Upper Darby Township (watch video of relevant parts of the public meeting)
  • 10/20/2021: Darby Township

You can find a draft resolution in PDF and Word, as well as a Presentation addressing Frequently Asked Questions.

  • March 16, 2022 – CRCQL Press Conference at County Council
  • March 16 CRCQL Press Conference: Delco Times coverage
  • March 9: Chester residents and CRCQL allies attend the Solid Waste Authority Board Meeting
  • CRCQL Statement in response to Horace Strand
  • Join the County Council Hearing on Waste Management in Delco on September 30th

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Attention Chester Residents! Join a zoom listening Attention Chester Residents! Join a zoom listening session on Wednesday, May 25 at 6pm to share your thoughts on waste management and Zero Waste with the County's 10-Year Municipal Waste Management Plan team. 

Provide your feedback, concerns and ideas for the future of waste. Delaware County is updating its 10-year waste plan, which will guide the county's transition away from incineration to sustainable methods of materials management using Zero Waste practices.

To register for the Zoom, visit tinyurl.com/chesterlistening (link in bio) or use we code
Important alert: PA Primary Election is coming up Important alert: PA Primary Election is coming up tomorrow, May 17th.
When: Tues 5/17 from 7am-8pm
Where: Your polling location! To find your local polling location go to the link in our bio! 
ACTION! 
Go VOTE on Tuesday! This is our chance to choose which people are on the ballot this November! 

#delco #paelection
" A City Laid To Waste" REVISITED Documentary SCR " A City Laid To Waste"  REVISITED Documentary SCREENING & Open Panel Discussion Featuring: CRCQL  community-led organization leading the ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE movement for clean air in Chester City and Delaware County since 1992.

(Join Th Conversation, Watch The Film, Support The Vendors, Take Part In The EDUTAINMENT segment, Find out more on how you can make a difference, and GET INVOLVED) !

For 23 years now, Chester has been home to the nation's largest trash-burning plant at Front and Highland, now owned by Covanta. This incinerator has the fewest pollution controls installed of any of the six in the state, or in Covanta's fleet of 39 incinerators.

Claiming it'll cost too much, Covanta's incinerator lacks the pollution controls they use elsewhere to remove the nitrogen oxides (NOx) that cause asthma. Chester's rate of child hospitalization due to asthma is more than three times the state average, in large part because Covanta is one of the worst NOx polluters in all of eastern Pennsylvania. Covanta is also one of the worst polluters in the region for mercury, lead, dioxins and other toxins that contribute to cancers, birth defects, learning disabilities and more.

It's unacceptable to help this polluter in our community stay open for another three decades, as other major polluters are shutting down, including coal power plants (like the coal burning in Eddystone) and waste incinerators.
Today C-4 @chester.c4 held an action with CRCQL ou Today C-4 @chester.c4 held an action with CRCQL outside of Subaru HQ in Camden to call on @subaru_usa to STOP greenwashing by claiming they are "zero waste to landfill" by burning trash from Subaru Park in Chester at the Covanta incinerator next door, contributing to environmental racism while calling it sustainable. 

As part of their "Subaru Cares" campaign at Subaru Park soccer stadium the company claims they are "zero waste to landfill", part of the company’s national campaign that is pro-incineration and hijacking the term Zero Waste. While we applaud the efforts to recycle and compost, incinerating trash next door in a low-income black community is unjust.  Incineration is the most polluting way to process waste.

Not to mention of the trash burned at Covanta, 30% remains as toxic ash which ends up in Delco's landfill, and 70% as air pollution. So it's also a straight up lie!

Subaru, do better! 
#bantheburn
#subarudoesntcare
📰Here’s another article from @delcotimes cove 📰Here’s another article from @delcotimes covering the Respect us, too! Rally that we held on Thursday. A rally where we called out KIRKLAND’s disgusting behavior! The stories that were told there that day were appalling. Everyday it seems there’s a new story about KIRKLAND!
🚨Subaru Action!🚨 Monday, May 2nd 10:00 am Me 🚨Subaru Action!🚨
Monday, May 2nd
10:00 am
Meeting in front of Subaru Headquarters 
1 Subaru Dr. Camden, NJ 

Please join us and C4 in front of Subaru headquarters in Camden! We will be demanding that they acknowledge that they are pretending to help the environment, when they are really causing it more harm. They need to acknowledge that their advertisement is wrong, incineration is not going zero landfill. In fact the ash from the incinerator still ends up in a landfill, and not small amounts-literally tons of it!

Help us call out their toxic partnership with Covanta and demand them to break ties! Subaru should stand with the people of Chester, where their stadium is located and not toxic industries like Covanta.
Oh snap! Kirkland and his shenanigans made the pap Oh snap! Kirkland and his shenanigans made the paper! Thank you to everyone who came to speak out against the Kirkland regime of corruption! 

#Delco #ChesterPa #MayorKirkland #mayorkirklandwhy
We can not thank everyone who showed up enough! We We can not thank everyone who showed up enough! We always feel so honored to have the support that we do! 

Please join us this tonight at 7:00 PM for our bi-weekly Zoom meeting https://buff.ly/3xv2GKs (link in bio)
🚨Reminder this event is happening today! We w 🚨Reminder this event is happening today! 

We will not allow Mayor Kirkland’s continued disrespectful behavior to continue towards the mothers, sisters, and aunts of our community. This Thursday we will stand up against this behavior and rally outside of City Hall to showcase this behavior and call for Mayor Thaddeus Kirkland’s resignation.
🚨Respect Us Rally Thursday April 28th Chester 🚨Respect Us Rally 
Thursday April 28th 
Chester City Hall at 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Location: CHESTER CITY MUNICIPAL BUILDNG, 1 E 4th St, Chester, PA 19013

Mayor Thaddeus Kirkland on numerous occasions, has spoken to women in a condesending manner, talked negatively about their physical appearance and abruptly dismissed women from speaking.  These are not isolated but appears to be a continuation of bad behavior, mainly towards women. We are the Mothers, daughters, sisters of this commmunity and will not  tolerate  this unacceptable behvior towards women.  We are asking you to join us to demand that this abhorrent behavior ends.  We deserve and demand to be respected by this elected official. Residents of Chester deserve to be represented better than what Kirkland is exhibiting.
 Women shouldn’t  feel threatened, humiliated or demeaned by his actions.
Thank you to everyone who came out on Saturday to Thank you to everyone who came out on Saturday to March with us to show their solidarity and support! We could not have don’t this without you! 

Also a big thanks to @energy_justice @eqatphilly @delcoresists @ejlpc2022 , @chester.c4, and @save_cwa for showing up and showing support! I apologize for any organizations that I missed. 

Be sure to come to our bi-weekly zoom meeting this Thursday at 7:00pm where we are going to recap last week’s events! (Link in bio)

#Bantheburn #Delco
2nd Annual Environmental Justice Day March!! 2nd Annual Environmental Justice Day March!!
🗓 Mark your calendar! APRIL 23 at 12:30 join us 🗓 Mark your calendar! APRIL 23 at 12:30 join us for our March for Environmental Justice!

We will form a march/car caravan to Covanta with live art, performance and music. RSVP to getinvolved@chesterresidents.org

Mayor Kirkland wants Chester City to remain the nation's garbage burning capital. Trash from Delaware County, Philly, NYC, New Jersey, Ocean City, MD and beyond is sent to be burned at the Covanta incinerator in Chester, the largest in the nation and the biggest air polluter in our city. Incinerator pollution contributes to asthma, cancer, strokes and other health issues. Delaware County decides this year whether to keep burning the county's trash in Chester.

For more information 
Visit http://www.Chesterresidents.org (link in bio)

#Delco #BantheBurn
You’re invited to join Looking Back, Moving Forw You’re invited to join Looking Back, Moving Forward, a 2-day virtual conference critically examining the past, present, and potential future roles of the law and legal strategies to advance environmental justice policy and action.

Why focus on the institutions of law and policy-making?  Our histories have shown us that lawsuits against polluters or grandiose policy platforms rarely, if ever, bring about environmental justice in our communities.

Is it possible to imagine the master’s tools dismantling the master’s house? (pace, Audre Lorde). In what ways can law and policy become more powerful tools for social and environmental change?

Come join us in a conversation about building more effective legal and policy strategies to create more equitable, sustainable, and thriving futures.

REGISTER NOW

Webinar Dates: April 22-23, 2022

For complete information on panels, speakers and topics, visit our webinar page

Looking Back, Moving Forward: Law, Policy & Environmental Justice

Conference Co-Organizers: Giovanna Di Chiro, Swarthmore College, Zulene Mayfield, CRCQL, and Christopher Mele, University at Buffalo.

Conference Sponsors: The Environmental Justice & Climate Resilience Program, the Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility, the Environmental Studies Program, the Office of Sustainability, Swarthmore College, and the Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy and Digital Scholarship Studio and Network, University at Buffalo.

CONFERENCE WEB PAGE: https://ejlawpolicyconference.domains.swarthmore.edu/
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION PAGE: https://swarthmore.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUofumqrzIiHNMJmjLiiuUW23J4RKwzJKpE

(All links in bio)
🗓 Mark your calendar! APRIL 23 at 12:30 join us 🗓 Mark your calendar! APRIL 23 at 12:30 join us for our March for Environmental Justice!

We will form a march/car caravan to Covanta with live art, performance and music. RSVP to getinvolved@chesterresidents.org

Mayor Kirkland wants Chester City to remain the nation's garbage burning capital. Trash from Delaware County, Philly, NYC, New Jersey, Ocean City, MD and beyond is sent to be burned at the Covanta incinerator in Chester, the largest in the nation and the biggest air polluter in our city. Incinerator pollution contributes to asthma, cancer, strokes and other health issues. Delaware County decides this year whether to keep burning the county's trash in Chester.

For more information 
Visit http://www.Chesterresidents.org (link in bio)

#Delco #BantheBurn
🗓 Mark your calendar! APRIL 23 at 12:30 join us 🗓 Mark your calendar! APRIL 23 at 12:30 join us for our March for Environmental Justice!

We will form a march/car caravan to Covanta with live art, performance and music. RSVP to getinvolved@chesterresidents.org

Mayor Kirkland wants Chester City to remain the nation's garbage burning capital. Trash from Delaware County, Philly, NYC, New Jersey, Ocean City, MD and beyond is sent to be burned at the Covanta incinerator in Chester, the largest in the nation and the biggest air polluter in our city. Incinerator pollution contributes to asthma, cancer, strokes and other health issues. Delaware County decides this year whether to keep burning the county's trash in Chester.

For more information 
Visit http://www.Chesterresidents.org (link in bio)

#Delco #BantheBurn
🗓 Mark your calendar! APRIL 23 at 12:30 join us 🗓 Mark your calendar! APRIL 23 at 12:30 join us for our March for Environmental Justice!

We will form a march/car caravan to Covanta with live art, performance and music. RSVP to getinvolved@chesterresidents.org

Mayor Kirkland wants Chester City to remain the nation's garbage burning capital. Trash from Delaware County, Philly, NYC, New Jersey, Ocean City, MD and beyond is sent to be burned at the Covanta incinerator in Chester, the largest in the nation and the biggest air polluter in our city. Incinerator pollution contributes to asthma, cancer, strokes and other health issues. Delaware County decides this year whether to keep burning the county's trash in Chester.

For more information 
Visit http://www.Chesterresidents.org (link in bio)
#Delco #BantheBurn
JOIN CRCQL on April 18th at 9am at Front & Thurlow JOIN CRCQL on April 18th at 9am at Front & Thurlow to support the kick-off of EQAT's Vanguard's Big Climate Problem Walk! 

There will be some speakers from CRCQL outside of Covanta and we will accompany EQAT in their walk to the next stop at Kimberly-Clark. 

Vanguard is one of the biggest asset managers in the world and a top investor in polluting industries along the Delaware River, including Covanta, Kimberly-Clarke and other industries in Chester contributing to pollution and environmental racism. 
Visit https://buff.ly/3kchwjK for more info! Link in bio!
The Delaware County Solid Waste Authority Board me The Delaware County Solid Waste Authority Board met to discuss and vote on a contract with Covanta. While this sounds bad, it’s actually a step in the right direction. Here’s why:

They did not just copy, renew, and sign the old contract with Covanta. 

They significantly shortened how long the contract is — from 10 years to 3 years, with multiple opportunities for re-negotiations.

Did you know that if Delco did not send enough trash, they were contractually required to pay Covanta? Not anymore. That language was taken out. This means we can zero out the burning of Delco trash in Chester within 1-2 years as soon as arrangements can be made for the alternative.

Every single day that Covanta continues to burn trash harms our health. But these steps show that Delco and their SWA board is working to consider alternative ways to deal with their trash. And they’re only doing that because of you and the stand you’re taking. Thank you so much for getting us to this point. 

We need your help to keep the pressure up

#BantheBurn
🗓 Mark your calendar! APRIL 23 at 12:30 join us 🗓 Mark your calendar! APRIL 23 at 12:30 join us for our March for Environmental Justice!

We will form a march/car caravan to Covanta with live art, performance and music. RSVP to getinvolved@chesterresidents.org

Mayor Kirkland wants Chester City to remain the nation's garbage burning capital. Trash from Delaware County, Philly, NYC, New Jersey, Ocean City, MD and beyond is sent to be burned at the Covanta incinerator in Chester, the largest in the nation and the biggest air polluter in our city. Incinerator pollution contributes to asthma, cancer, strokes and other health issues. Delaware County decides this year whether to keep burning the county's trash in Chester.

#Delco #BantheBurn
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Chester_EJChester Environmental Justice@Chester_EJ·
11 May

Here’s audio of Kirkland making excuses for @Covanta
Want to help fight incineration and bring better air quality to the folks in Delco? Join our Zoom meeting tomorrow at 7 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAoc-6rrDkvHNWAsI4VCcORiz1Xr2gUVR2d

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11 May

Where looking at you Chester residents 👀. We need more representation on the board!

Zero Waste Delco@ZeroWasteDelco

Open board position on the Delco SWA!

https://www.delcoswa.org/news-updates/w853kccazsajbllhpop2i58veuzb1z

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30 Apr

Vote May 17th! We need the Kirkland regime out of office!

Kearni N. Warren@KearniWarren

We will NOT tolerate disrespect or abuse from our elected leaders. We demand Mayor Thaddeus Kirkland resign immediately. “Somebody is hurting our sisters, it’s gone on for far too long and we won’t be silent anymore!”

#chesterpa #delco #women #delawarecountypa #RespectWomen

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29 Apr

We will NOT tolerate disrespect or abuse from our elected leaders. We demand Mayor Thaddeus Kirkland resign immediately. “Somebody is hurting our sisters, it’s gone on for far too long and we won’t be silent anymore!”

#chesterpa #delco #women #delawarecountypa #RespectWomen

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Environmental Racism

Chester, Pennsylvania has long been known as one of the nation’s worst cases of environmental racism. This small city just southwest of Philadelphia hosts the nation’s largest trash incinerator, a sewage sludge incinerator, a paper mill burning waste coal and petroleum coke, numerous chemical plants, toxic waste sites, and much more. Immediately surrounding it in the neighboring waterfront boroughs of Eddystone, Trainer, and Marcus Hook are additional major polluters: primarily oil refineries and gas-fired power plants

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