(Taken from WHYY’s YouTube description) Philadelphia City Council is weighing a bill that would ban the city from sending waste to incinerators like the one in Chester — the largest trash-to-energy incinerator in the country. It’s the Stop Trashing Our Air Act, and was introduced by Councilmember Jamie Gauthier. Philadelphia sends 37% of its waste to incinerators, most going to […]
Chester mayor urges Philadelphia to not send trash to his city
By Kathleen E. Carey | [email protected] | delcotimes.com Originally published on Delco Daily Times on January 28, 2026 at 7:32 AM EST Chester Mayor Stefan Roots recently spoke before Philadelphia City Council to make the case to have council send the city’s annual 2 million tons of trash somewhere else other than Chester. In September, Philadelphia City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier introduced the Stop Trashing Our […]
