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from work on his bicycle in the bramalea road and steeles avenue area just south of algonquin power everyday ive never smelled it i did- nt even notice it said- mr beda preya singh 15 hangs out in the area with her friends ive never smelled it she said it doesnt bother me but i dont think they should be burning garbage the peel plant is run by algonquin power an income trust company specializing in power generation with facili ties across the united states and canada algonquin charges peel per tonne deposited at the plant and the region has to guarantee the plant enough garbage to keep the incinera tors going or they have to pay fines called a put or pay contract garbage is trucked in from 9 am to 5 pm monday to friday where larger items such as furniture and mat tresses are sorted using a crane the garbage is then fed into thermal combustors burning the garbage in two phases the first stage is gasifi cation converting solid fuel to gaseous fuel then the gas is burned at a minimum tem perature of 1000 c which takes about six hours next the air pollution con trol system treats combustion gases by injecting lime and carbon and filters out heavy metals and particulates arid further burns the gas using a catalytic converter just like the one in your car andy campbell director of waste management at york region also on the tour of the facility in peel revealed the yorkdurham proposed facil ity would be about twice the size of the peel plant but would work in much the same way however if york decides to build an energyfromwaste facility it could have different specifications than the peel plant such as how much the garbage is sorted while more sorting capac ity would cost more it would mean less would be burned s emissions at the plant fall far below canadian regula tions mr willison pointed out readings for dioxins and furans a highly volatile and flammable liquid produced when woods such as pine wood are distilled are well below measureable levels but mark winfield a pro fessor of environmental stud ies at the pembina institute an energy and environmental policy thinktank said burn- ing garbage is not an efficient way to recover energy recy cling is far more efficient he added v for example the energy output in recycling a piece of paper and turning it into more paper is far less than burning the same piece of paper and starting from scratch to make another piece of paper he said while it may seem like a winwin situation to create energy by burning garbage far more energy can be saved by finding a way to retain some of the usefulness of the garbage by recycling it if you simply burn it you are left wim nothing but ash that has to be landfilled he said when you recycle youre skipping a whole bunch of industrial processes because youre making paper from paper algonquin power in peel currently sends about 29 tonnes of ash to landfill for every 100 tonnes of garbage it receives from the region of this amount about 2 per cent is toxic fly ash which is sent to a secure hazardous waste landfill site mr winfield believes by going down the incineration road the region would be forced to recycle less and would still be relying heavily on landfill peels recycling is tapped out they cant do any more recycling because they have to feed the incinerator he said referring to the fact when peel cant produce enough garbage it has to pay fines he believes yorks capacity to divert more garbage from landfill will be diminished if it builds an incinerator york region next waste management information sessions is tonight from 7 to 9 pm at st joan of arc catholic high school 1 saint joan of arc ave invaughan following the sessions this week residents can make a deputation at york regions solid waste management committee at 9 am on may 17 or york regions joint waste management group meeting at 7 pm may 17 written comments can also be submitted for details on the study and how to submit comments visit vwwdurhamyorkwasteca or call 1- 8003721102 ext 3731