Daily News | Jeff Brown drew criticism for his debate comments about trash. What is Philly’s role in Chester’s controversial incinerator?
“That response is the same way you treat the Black and brown community,” started Cherelle Parker.Philadelphia sends more than 400,000 tons of garbage to theannually. And City Council voted in 2019 to renew Philadelphia’s contract with the facility for a four-year period.
Chester, a city of about 39,000 people that sits along the Delaware River, is 72% Black, according to U.S. Census data.has been on the frontlines of the fight against the trash incinerator in her community since its first iteration opened in 1991. “When he said Chester, I heard another word,” Mayfield said of Brown’s comments. “I heard in my spirit racial undertones of a disparaging word. I know he didn’t say that but that’s the way that it was received.”
Here’s a look at what the Chester-based Covanta facility is and the role Philadelphia plays in its day-to-day operations.Covanta is one of the nation’s most prominent trash incinerator companies, operating 37 of what it calls waste-to-energy facilities across the country.Covanta’s Delaware Valley Resource Recovery Facility in Chester is the
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