The city could use the money needed to build a new incinerator to create incentive programs for businesses and consumers to reduce the amount of waste they produce. Communities around the world are devising solutions that are affordable and environmentally sound. Nova Scotia has diverted 50 percent of what it previously put in landfills and created 3,200 jobs in the process. In all communities where zero waste has become a goal, cooperation and participation reach across the entire population. Incineration is a lazy, quick fix that feeds corporations and consultants and pollutes our environment.
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