Calls Needed NOW to Philadelphia City Council Committee — NO CONTRACT with Reworld Incinerator!
Philadelphia’s pending contract to send its trash to the Reworld incinerator in Chester will be debated at a public hearing being held by the City Council’s Committee on the Environment at 1pm on Wednesday, November 18. Bill #250768, the Stop Trashing Our Air Act could be amended there to approve only landfilling and not incineration. Lots of public support is needed!
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
- Call Environment Committee members CM Bass (District 8), and CM Harrity (At-Large), and CM Ahmad (At-Large) to say they should vote NO on Mayor Parker’s contract with Reworld. Here’s a call script made by Reclaim with the phone numbers and suggested message on the amendment. You can use the form below to automatically be patched through to the Environment Committee members Gauthier (Chair), Bass (Vice Chair), Driscoll, Ahmad, Harrity, and O’Rourke.
- Attend the Hearing
Wednesday, November 18, 1:00pm, Room 316, City Hall
Signs will be provided by Reclaim. Sign up to speak by Tuesday 11/17 before 3pm by calling Chair Jamie Gauthier’s office at (215) 686-0459 or (215) 686-0460 or email to 3rdDistrict@phila.gov, office City Hall.
See more details at: CRCQL – About the Covanta Incinerator – CRCQL and Council member Jamie Gauthier – Fact Sheet
Stop polluting incineration – Don’t dump Philly’s trash on Chester!
Use the form below to automatically be patched through to City Council’s Environment Committee Members
THANK YOU FOR TAKING ACTION!
Call scripts:
If you call between 9am and 5pm on a weekday, you can speak directly to a staffperson. If you call at another time, you can leave a voicemail.
Jim Harrity (At-Large)
215-686-8295
jim.harrity@phila.gov
My name is ________________, and I’m a voter in Philadelphia.
I’m calling to ask Councilmember Harrity to protect the health of our communities and neighbors by voting to stop incineration of Philly’s trash in Chester during the Environment Committee hearing on November 18th.
I know that public health is important to Councilmember Harrity, and I appreciate his voting yes on the Stop Trashing Our Act last fall. Now I hope he’ll take the next step.
Philadelphia sends 1 million pounds of trash to be burned in Chester every day, creating toxic air pollution that is a huge contributor to the sky-high childhood asthma rate and high cancer rates in Chester. The pollution makes people here in Philly sick too, and contributes to our failing “F” grade for air quality from the American Lung Association. Burning trash in Chester is 23 times more harmful to local residents’ health and environment than landfilling.
We need to stop this now. We can landfill our trash at an affordable cost for now, while we plan solutions that are even better for health, the environment, and jobs in the long term.
City Council’s Committee on the Environment will review Mayor Parker’s proposed waste contracts on November 18th. Can I count on Councilmember Harrity to protect people’s health by saying no to incineration?
Nina Ahmad (At-Large)
(215) 686-3450
nina.ahmad@phila.gov
My name is ________________, and I’m a vote in Philadelphia.
I’m calling to ask Councilmember Ahmad to protect the health of our communities and neighbors by voting to stop incineration of Philly’s trash in Chester during the Environment Committee hearing on November 18th.
I know that public health is important to Councilmember Ahmad. I appreciate her voting yes on the Stop Trashing Our Act last fall and her strong advocacy since then! Now I hope she’ll take the next step.
Philadelphia sends 1 million pounds of trash to be burned in Chester every day, creating toxic air pollution that is a huge contributor to the sky-high childhood asthma rate and high cancer rates in Chester. The pollution makes people here in Philly sick too, and contributes to our failing “F” grade for air quality from the American Lung Association. Burning trash in Chester is 23 times more harmful to local residents’ health and environment than landfilling.
We need to stop this now. We can landfill our trash at an affordable cost for now, while we plan solutions that are even better for health, the environment, and jobs in the long term.
City Council’s Committee on the Environment will review Mayor Parker’s proposed waste contracts on November 18th. Can I count on Councilmember Ahmad to protect people’s health by saying no to incineration?
Cindy Bass (District 8 in NW Philly)
(215)-686-3424
cindy.bass@phila.gov
My name is _______, and I’m a District 8 voter living in ____ [Nicetown/Germantown/Logan/Mt. Airy, etc].
I’m calling to ask Councilmember Bass to protect the health of our communities and neighbors by voting to stop incineration of Philly’s trash in Chester during the Environment Committee hearing on November 18th.
I know public health is important to Councilmember Bass. I appreciate her voting yes on the Stop Trashing Our Act last fall. Now I’m trusting that she will take the next step.
Philadelphia sends 1 million pounds of trash to be burned in Chester every day, creating toxic air pollution that is a huge contributor to the sky-high childhood asthma rate and high cancer rates in Chester. The pollution makes people here in Philly sick too, and contributes to our failing “F” grade for air quality from the American Lung Association. Burning trash in Chester is 23 times more harmful to local residents’ health and environment than landfilling.
We need to stop this now. We can landfill our trash at an affordable cost for now, while we plan solutions that are even better for health, the environment, and jobs in the long term.
City Council’s Committee on the Environment will review Mayor Parker’s proposed waste contracts on November 18th. Can I count on Councilmember Bass to protect people’s health by saying no to incineration?