Stop Toxic Pollution from the Covanta Garbage Incinerator in Crow's Landing!

Support Clean Air & Environmental Justice!

Stop the Incinerator!

See Also:

Stop Dumping on the West Side! Read the fact sheet on pollution threats to community health!

12/16/02 Read Greenaction's Comments to the San Joaquin Valley Air District opposing Covanta's application for a Title V Clean Air Act permit for their incinerator in Crow's Landing, CA

10/8/02 Community Youth, Residents and Greenaction Challenge Garbage Incinerator in Stanislaus County at Bogus "Public Hearing" Read the Modesto Bee news story! Read Modesto Bee news coverage of pressure being applied by residents and Greenaction, as well as the permit being sought.

Residents & Environmental Justice Groups Launch Fight to Stop County Plans to Build Giant Dump for Out-of-County Garbage and Sewage Sludge, as well as Modesto Bee Press Coverage and Editorial

For more information, contact:

Grayson Neighborhood Council	(209) 895-3352
Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice	(415) 248-5010

The Covanta Waste-to-Energy Garbage
Incinerator in Crow's Landing Pollutes Our Air!

The Facts

• A company called Covanta operates a garbage incinerator in Crow's Landing that burns about 800 tons per day of garbage (solid waste).
  
  
• The incinerator began operations in 1989, but residents were never fully informed by the company or government officials about toxic emissions.
  
  
• The company claims that their incinerator is "environmentally sound", but the truth is that the incinerator cannot completely or safely destroy all the waste being burned.
  
  
• The incinerator emits dangerous toxic chemicals and toxic metals into the air, including dioxin, a cancer-causing chemical that is one of the most toxic chemicals known to science.
  
  
• Major scientific studies prove that even low levels of dioxin can cause illnesses like cancer & birth defects.
  
  
• In 2000 Stanislaus County officials wanted to import medical waste from across the state to be burned here, but concerned residents and Greenaction stopped that toxic threat!
  
  
• We need more recycling, reuse and waste reduction - not incineration.