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Delaware Valley Resource Recovery Facility has been criticized for emitting relatively high levels of pollution; several sources name the plant as one of the most polluting waste-to-energy facilities in the United States. A report published by PBS on the Chester facility compared the facility to
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representatives to raise concerns about pollution, noise and trucks associated with the placement of the
Westinghouse Corporation trash incinerator in Chester. Bohannan-Sheppard argued that the addition of a contaminated soil remediation facility along with the Westinghouse trash incinerator, the
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Chester officials argued that their plans for a trash incinerator were safer for residents than the one planned by Delaware County, there was also a major difference in finances where the Chester developed plant would have meant $ 34 million in profit for the city, while the Delaware County
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Covanta and concluded that the facility was one of the dirtiest operated by the company. The PBS report also cited a 2009 inspection of the plant by the EPA to conclude that Covanta had not installed mercury and NOx control systems at the Chester facility.
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Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (DER). Hundreds of angry Chester residents gathered in the
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Don't Burn it Here: Grassroots Challenges to Trash Incinerators
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