County scraps plans for waste-to-energy incinerator
The Board of County Commissioners broke plans Thursday for a regional waste-to-energy incinerator, preferring to haul the county’s waste to a landfill using a short-term contract instead. Commissioners Paul Smith and Billy Shreve cast the dissenting votes to maintain the job on the dining table while the county investigates its options. “It is absolutely no charge to the county to maintain these options open,” Smith stated. “To do away with these choices is mad.” Terminating the undertaking will not cost the county any money as the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority, a quasi-governmental service that helps the county meet its trash disposal needs, will cover the $500,000 conclusion fee. Any remaining funds after this payment will be divided between Frederick County and Carroll County, which was once a partner in the undertaking. These funds are out of payments the authority has obtained from Wheelabrator after the service contract has been…
Campaigners welcome Heathrow’s Intends to move incinerator
Heathrow Airport has announced plans to move an incinerator away from Stanwell and create a 15 mile ‘green ring’ around town. A Labour county councillor nevertheless has stated it is like moving pieces around a chess board. “But neighborhood resident Andrew McLuskey has done all of the hard work. “But in saying that, we’re still fighting off to stop growth occurring at Heathrow at all. “There are still serious reservations and I do not feel an expansion of the airport is right for the region or the whole country. “We’re talking semantics here — it’s a big growth in a very cramped area. It’s like moving pieces around a chess board — whatever we do not like around Stanwell will be just as enormous someplace else.” Changes to the programs include introducing a 15 mile’green corridor’ which will increase the quantity of recreational distance between town and a new car…