comrades, i followed the zero waste hierarchy in my sign redesign + reuse — these are from last yr, but i’ve freshened them up for today
now let’s #bantheburn @Chester_EJ @DelcoDsa @ZeroWasteDelco @sustaindelco @DelcoCouncil https://twitter.com/Chester_EJ/status/1501558649310920710
We call on all allies and Delaware County residents to show up with signs and noise makers to demand that DCSWA not give away its landfill space for Covanta’s ash, and not extend a new Covanta contract
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