Playing with Fire?
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Playing with Fire?
Ben WestThe Wilderness Committee
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When Considering Waste Management Options
What Must be on the Table?
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Two Things You Need to Know about
•Nanoparticles •Biogenic Carbon
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There are toxins in Garbage - Where does it go when incinerated?
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Scrubbers are used to reduce air pollution
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But they still create a “Landfill in the Sky”
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New Concern of Nanoparticles
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Particles the size of a virus
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Climate Change
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International Day for Climate Action 2009 – Vancouver
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Context: “carbon free” by 2050The UN IPCC says we must cut CO2 emissions almost entirely by 2050 in Canada
Metro Vancouver has already committed to do this
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We have a responsibility to lead
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Not just about Polar Bears
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Impact already being felt
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Disproportionate Impacts
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Where are the CO2 emissions in our garbage coming from?
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Lets talk about “Biogenic” CO2
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If You Don’t Count Biogenic Carbon WTE looks like the best option
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Should we count Biogenic CO2?
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Increasing Calls for Awareness
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Isn’t it Carbon Neutral?
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1 Hectare of Rainforest a Second
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At least 90 years to absorb CO2
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What does the IPCC Say About Biogenic CO2 from Incineration?
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So instead of Magical disappearing CO2
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We should agree that this is the fair way to represent CO2 from WTE
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Over all waste incineration is worse for the climate than a coal fired power plant
2008 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.) Report
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Would you build a coal fired power plant in your city?
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More CO2 than Natural Gas even without counting biogenic CO2
Therefore this isn’t a reduction in emissions for district heating
even if you don’t count the biogenic CO2
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Its not actually a choice. Even if you stop using the landfill tomorrow landfill CO2 dissipation takes 20 - 25 years
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If we put all the organics back in the soil then the WTE emissions look like this no
matter how you count it
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Isn’t this better?
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Composting is the answer
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If Nova Scotia can ban organics from landfill so can we…
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Plastics – not an energy solution a design problem
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The World Changes Fast! We should focus on design for re-use
and recycling
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“Feeding the Beast”
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“Act to outlaw the international
export of British Columbia’s
garbage and landfill waste.”
BC Throne Speech 2010
Why Are we even talking about this?
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Isn’t pollution and CO2 another form of exporting our waste?
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Give the The Next Generation a Chance to Lead the Way
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Start with this…
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and this…
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Green Jobs = A Better World for Everyone
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Ben WestHealthy Communities Campaigner
Thank You