resources
HERC Fact sheets
Independent evaluation of health, environmental, and energy implications of HERC
HERC long fact sheet: answers to common questions and misconceptions
HERC TRANSITION PLANS
The People’s HERC Transition Plan [full version] - This is a detailed transition plan for HERC’s closure prepared by Zero Waste USA. The plan shows where the trash will go and how closure will dramatically reduce waste.
Petitions
Current Petition - Support the Freedom to Breathe Hunger Strike
Successful previous petitions against 2009 attempt to increase amount of trash burned at HERC
Landfilling vs Incineration
Landfills are bad, but incinerators (with ash landfilling) are worse
Zero Waste International Alliance on incineration as an unacceptable way to manage trash
Air pollution and health
Health impacts of incineration: Fact sheet + British Society for Ecological Medicine + New School Tishman Environment & Design Center report
Structural Racism & Health Inequities peer-reviewed paper