We the undersigned hereby affirm our opposition to the Frederick /Carroll County Waste-to-Energy Incinerator located at the McKinney Industrial Park in Frederick, MD. This project, if completed, will not only dirty the air, soil, and water that serve as the backbone for our highly productive farmland, pastures, and waterways, but also will cause irreversible impacts to the health of our growing community.
This incinerator will not only cost the taxpayers of Frederick County 100’s of millions annually over the next 30 years, but it will also have a negative impact on housing prices, local markets and restaurants that rely on “organic” farming, and businesses that depend on tourism driven by Frederick County’s vibrant outdoor natural resources and the deep history of the Monocacy National Battlefield.
We urge Frederick County to pursue cleaner alternatives that prevent waste and create local jobs and revenues through reuse, recycling, composting and other strategies.
Sign below by May 15, 2013. A letter containing the total # of signatures will be sent to the Maryland Department of Environment prior to their May 20th public comment deadline.
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Reached 500 supporters
March 21, 2013
Reached 100 supporters
January 31, 2013
January 28, 2013
The grind is exhausting and the opposition is relentless but we need to reach one hundred signatures before we submit this. Please send the link to someone else tonight so we have enough leverage for the upcoming hearing.
10 Comments
There are much better, more efficient and ecological solution. This incinerator is close the school. They will produce Dioxin, hevay metals extremly damaging for health and environment. I think the only benefeciary would be the current officials who are involved in the construction business and can profit from such a backward investment.
Dear County Commissioners of Frederick County, Please reconsider and do not sign financial agreements to proceed with building an incinerator in Frederick County. A large problem such as the amount of garbage we generate will not be solved through one pathway. Also, it is counter-intuitive to believe that starting a business that relies on lots of trash to keep solvent financially will enhance our community. Please take the opportunity of Carroll County backing out of their financial commitment to pause and focus on other ways that can add up to reducing our landfill needs.
If the incinerator is built, I am absolutely positive that more and more people will move out of Fredrick county.
The incinerator is the absolute worst solution to our waste problem. There is no way to make incineration environmentally friendly.
Montgomery County our far wealthier neighbor to the south, has never been able to make their incinerator profitable. It runs at a substantial annual deficit, and they have to IMPORT trash to try to run it at capacity. Wheelabrator's incinerator deal with Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was so lop-sided Harrisburg went into bankruptcy in part because of the massive cost overruns associated with it. This incinerator project will ruin Frederick County as we know it. That's not the legacy I want to pass along to the next generation.
Common Sense must prevail! Please help us inform friends and neighbors about this community-destroying proposal.
NO TO THE INCINERATOR! Our community includes school children and farm lands NO to POISONING our children and our food THROUGH DIRTY AIR, SOIL AND WATER! NO, NO NO!!
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We the undersigned hereby affirm our opposition to the Frederick /Carroll County Waste-to-Energy Incinerator located at the McKinney Industrial Park in Frederick, MD. This project, if completed, will not only dirty the air, soil, and water that serve as the backbone for our highly productive farmland, pastures, and waterways, but also will cause irreversible impacts to the health of our growing community.
This incinerator will not only cost the taxpayers of Frederick County 100’s of millions annually over the next 30 years, but it will also have a negative impact on housing prices, local markets and restaurants that rely on “organic” farming, and businesses that depend on tourism driven by Frederick County’s vibrant outdoor natural resources and the deep history of the Monocacy National Battlefield.
We urge Frederick County to pursue cleaner alternatives that prevent waste and create local jobs and revenues through reuse, recycling, composting and other strategies.
Sign below by May 15, 2013. A letter containing the total # of signatures will be sent to the Maryland Department of Environment prior to their May 20th public comment deadline.
NOTE: After signing, you will receive a request to donate to this web service. If you are not interested in donating, please just close the window. Your signature will be recorded.
Thank you!
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
March 21, 2013
Reached 100 supporters
January 31, 2013
January 28, 2013
The grind is exhausting and the opposition is relentless but we need to reach one hundred signatures before we submit this. Please send the link to someone else tonight so we have enough leverage for the upcoming hearing.
10 Comments
"Public health and safety" trumps all other issues and considerations. It is well know that proven waste handling and processing alternatives are available to a "waste-to-energy" facility that emits toxic and carcinogenic effluents, and adversely impacts 22 neighboring schools; that is, approximately 11,000 children.
There are much better, more efficient and ecological solution. This incinerator is close the school. They will produce Dioxin, hevay metals extremly damaging for health and environment. I think the only benefeciary would be the current officials who are involved in the construction business and can profit from such a backward investment.
Dear County Commissioners of Frederick County, Please reconsider and do not sign financial agreements to proceed with building an incinerator in Frederick County. A large problem such as the amount of garbage we generate will not be solved through one pathway. Also, it is counter-intuitive to believe that starting a business that relies on lots of trash to keep solvent financially will enhance our community. Please take the opportunity of Carroll County backing out of their financial commitment to pause and focus on other ways that can add up to reducing our landfill needs.
If the incinerator is built, I am absolutely positive that more and more people will move out of Fredrick county.
The incinerator is the absolute worst solution to our waste problem. There is no way to make incineration environmentally friendly.
Montgomery County our far wealthier neighbor to the south, has never been able to make their incinerator profitable. It runs at a substantial annual deficit, and they have to IMPORT trash to try to run it at capacity. Wheelabrator's incinerator deal with Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was so lop-sided Harrisburg went into bankruptcy in part because of the massive cost overruns associated with it. This incinerator project will ruin Frederick County as we know it. That's not the legacy I want to pass along to the next generation.
Common Sense must prevail! Please help us inform friends and neighbors about this community-destroying proposal.
NO TO THE INCINERATOR! Our community includes school children and farm lands NO to POISONING our children and our food THROUGH DIRTY AIR, SOIL AND WATER! NO, NO NO!!
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"Public health and safety" trumps all other issues and considerations. It is well know that proven waste handling and processing alternatives are available to a "waste-to-energy" facility that emits toxic and carcinogenic effluents, and adversely impacts 22 neighboring schools; that is, approximately 11,000 children.