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J r Page A4 ♦ THE CANADIAN STATESMAN ♦ July 12, 2006 Durham OK's thermal waste treatment system But Region 'a long ways away' from actual building of facility durhamregion.com BY ERIN HATFIELD Staff Writer DURHAM - Durham has put its stamp of approval on plans to use thermal treatment to rid the region of waste. Durham council endorsed a recommendation from the regional works committee that identified thermal treatment with energy recovery and recovery of materials from ash as the best way for the regions of Durham and York to manage the waste remaining after recycling. "This means we are going to continue down a process to find a way of disposing of our waste, and York's waste in a joint effort that will result in a new technology and hopefully energy from waste," Chairman Roger Anderson said. "It will be a better way of doing business when it comes to landfill in Durham and York." - Mr. Anderson thinks it is a good move on the parts of Durham, York and (he Province for allowing the process to proceed. "We look forward to the conclusion and the location and site and design of a facility that will be new, modem, efficient, energy energy efficient and environmentally friendly as opposed to landfill," he said. The thermal treatment of waste, also known as incineration, was recommended as a preferred technology by the regions' consultant on waste management, Mac Vire Consultants. Mac- Viro identified this technology after evaluating the effects of different systems on the natural, social, economic, technical and legal environments. Council approval of the recommendation is just one step in what works committee chairman Marcel Brunelle said will be a lengthy process. "We are a long ways away, we have a lot of things to do, we have a lot of road to cover," said the Whitby mayor. "And at the end of the day, when it comes down to a site, of course that will be a complicated process." The recommendation, however, did meet opposition from one councillor. Oshawa's Brian Nicholson introduced a motion that would require municipalities pass a resolution accepting the facility in their community before that municipality could be considered as a host. "It has always been the policy that we would not impose a landfill; I think we should extend that policy to this process," Coun. Nicholson said. The motion was lost, with only Coun. Nicholson, Brock Mayor Keith Shier and Councillor John Neal from Oshawa voting in favour. "The problem I have with it is that it requires our council and our residents to take a leap of faith," Coun. Nicholson said. "The technology is unproven... Every step, we have taken has been towards energy from waste and everything else has been for show." But, other councillors did not agree. 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