Support the Philadelphia bill to stop Chester’s polluting trash incineration!
Action Needed NOW – Please make calls to Council members today!
Bill #250768, the “Stop Trashing Our Air Act,” was introduced by Philadelphia City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier (3rd District) “prohibiting the City of Philadelphia from contracting with companies that incinerate the city’s solid waste or recyclables”. This would ban the export of Philly’s trash to Chester, PA where the REWORLD (Covanta) trash incinerator, the largest in the nation, gravely pollutes the air and water, harms peoples’ health and has ruined the community’s environment for decades. The City’s contract for Philly’s trash is up for renewal; this is THE moment to stop the trash from going to Chester.
From the City Council website: “According to Gauthier’s office, 37% of Philadelphia’s trash is burned, and nearly one-third of materials incinerated at the Reworld (Covanta) trash incinerator in Chester, Pa., comes from Philadelphia. This incinerator alone burns 3,500 tons of trash and industrial waste daily. Over 2,400 tons of scrap tires that are “recycled” in Philadelphia also get incinerated in Chester annually. The City of Philadelphia’s current waste disposal contracts expire at the end of the fiscal year.”
Philadelphia City Council is scheduled to vote at their meeting on Thursday, April 9 at 10am. You can give comments by signing up the day before and please come with signs to speak your mind!
City Council will hold their Budget Meeting at 10am, Tuesday, April 7. There’s no testimony that day but being there and holding signs is needed.
You can join the “Die-In” protest hosted by Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living at 9:30 am on April 7 by signing up here: Stop Trashing Our Air Act – 4/7 Sign Up. The Die-In honors those who have suffered from the incinerator’s choking air pollution and symbolizes the death and devastating health harms of trash burning at the monstrous ReWorld incinerator in Chester.
USE THE FORM BELOW TO BE AUTOMATICALLY PATCHED THROUGH TO CITY COUNCIL. TELL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VOTE YES.
For additional talking points, see the Fact Sheet here.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING ACTION!
Or if you prefer, you may call these City Council Members directly:
| Council Member | Telephone Number | |
|---|---|---|
| Council President Kenyatta Johnson | District 2 | (215) 686-3412 |
| Katherine Gilmore-Richardson | At-Large | (215) 686-0454 |
| Isaiah Thomas | At-Large | (215) 686-3446 |
| Jim Harrity | At-Large | (215) 686-8295 |
| Cindy Bass | District 8 | (215) 686-3424 |
| Mark Squilla | District 1 | (215) 686-3458 |
| Quetcy Lozada | District 7 | (215) 686-3448 |
| Anthony Phillips | District 9 | (215) 686-3455 |
| Jamie Gauthier (Thank her for her sponsorship) | District 3 | (215) 686-0459 |