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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.

  • WHYY – Could Delco get a major LNG export terminal? (June 14, 2022)
  • “A proposed LNG plant in Chester would be gigantic and hardly anyone knows about it” Philadelphia Inquirer (June 13, 2022)
  • 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

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Help Shape Delaware County’s Path Toward Zero Wa Help Shape Delaware County’s Path Toward Zero Waste! ZERO WASTE WORKSHOP on Thursday 6/30 at 6 PM Chester City Hall Community Room. 

Delaware County has launched a series of public workshops to gather community feedback as part of an effort to update the County’s 10-year Municipal Waste Management Plan, last updated in 2013. The plan will ensure that the County has sufficient processing and disposal capacity for its municipal waste for the next decade and will guide the County’s transition to sustainable methods of materials management using Zero Waste practices. The final workshop of the series will be held on Thursday, June 30th at the Chester City Hall Community Room. Participants will review the elements of the plan and provide guidance to the implementation and funding strategies. 

Guest speaker, Marvin Hayes, program manager of the Baltimore Compost Collective will talk about the work of the collective which provides life skills mentorship and first-time employment for area youth. The Compost Collective collects food scraps from local customers and creates compost for the Filbert Street Community Garden, the largest community garden in Baltimore. Marvin Hayes is passionate about his work training the next generation to become environmental champions, helping their community to get closer to zero waste. “’Compost: Learn, so we don’t have to burn,’ that’s our motto,” Hayes says. 

The workshop will include an open house and discussion of draft elements of the Zero Waste Plan. Light refreshments will be served. Space is limited and registration is required.

To help ensure that the new plan continues to take shape reflective of the priorities of the residents, businesses and institutions within Delaware County, the public is strongly encouraged to participate. The June 30th workshop will be held both in-person and via Zoom. Participation in the prior workshops is not a prerequisite for participation the final workshop, and fresh voices are welcome.

Pre-registration is a requirement for participation (either in-person or via Zoom) in the workshop. For additional details and to register, visit delcopa.gov/workshops.
For more information, please join us this Thursday For more information, please join us this Thursday at 7:00pm. We will be turning our bi-weekly zoom meeting into an informational session on LNG. -Link available in bio. 

Here’s a portion of the WHYY article about the pending liquified gas plant coming to Chester….

“Plans for a massive liquefied natural gas facility and export terminal in Chester along the Delaware River have quietly been shopped around to current and former elected officials and their representatives from Chester City Hall to the governor’s office in Harrisburg. WHYY News obtained details of the plan, as well as the company’s lobbying efforts through Right-to-Know requests.
Penn America Energy LLC, the New York-based company behind the estimated $4 to $8 billion project, wants to build a liquefaction facility on 100 acres along the Chester waterfront with the goal of exporting 7 million metric tonnes of LNG each year down the Delaware River to countries in South America, Europe, and Asia, according to the documents obtained by WHYY  News. For comparison, six current LNG export terminals in the U.S. shipped 7.6 million metric tonnes of LNG overseas in March, according to the Energy Information Administration.
Franc James, Penn America’s CEO, told WHYY News the project has been in the works for five years, and is “sourcing the cleanest environmentally responsible natural gas possible.”

For the complete article visit here: https://whyy.org/articles/delco-major-lng-export-terminal-environmental-justice-chester/ 

Link also available in bio 

#Delco
Juneteenth-Freedom Day-Join us for a day of recogn Juneteenth-Freedom Day-Join us for a day of recognition, restoration, and celebration. 

We will have a table there educating people about the environment injustice happening in Chester, PA. 

📍Church of the Overcomer-1010 Sunset St., PA 19060 on June 19, 2022 at 10:00am - 2:00 pm

#bantheburn #letchesterbreathe
Have you seen these signs while driving in Chester Have you seen these signs while driving in Chester? This is how you know Covanta sees our movement as a threat. All the marketing and PR stunts in the world will never convince us that they are a "good community partner". How can you pollute the air in Delco and consider yourself a community partner? It sounds like they are trying to convince themselves because no in Delco, especially Chester believes this for a second. 

This is why we need your support. Join us for our bi-weekly virtual meeting on Thursday at 7:00pm EST. Visit ChesterResidents.org for meeting link. Link also available in bio! 

#bantheburn #Delco
Repost from @save_cwa Celebrate with CWA! Free B Repost from @save_cwa 

Celebrate with CWA! Free Busing from
Chester and Delco
https://chesterwater.com/savecwa/5years/
Join us on June 4 from 12PM to 4PM
Octoraro Reservoir Boat Launch
212 Spruce Grove Rd, Kirkwood, PA 17536
Learn more and sign up for free busing from Delco!
#savecwa #saveoctoraroreservoir #keepourwaterpublic
#ourwaterbelongstous #publicwaterindenpendenceday
#stopbigwater #redwhitewaterblue #dayonthelake
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
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chester_ej Chester Environmental Justice @chester_ej ·
19 Jun

The environmental racism continues... and we will do what CRCQL has always done - we will continue to FIGHT BACK.

https://whyy.org/articles/delco-major-lng-export-terminal-environmental-justice-chester/

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chester_ej Chester 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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chester_ej Chester Environmental Justice @chester_ej ·
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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chester_ej Chester Environmental Justice @chester_ej ·
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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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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