Philadelphia bill could end city trash burning in Chester City

Dated: October 16 2025

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Philadelphia could stop sending its trash to be burned in the City of Chester, under a bill introduced in Philadelphia City Council. The bill would ban the city from signing new waste disposal contracts with companies that burn trash to produce energy, such as Reworld, formerly Covanta, which runs a waste-to-energy incinerator in Chester. Zulene Mayfield, chairperson of the advocacy group Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living, which wants to see the Reworld facility shut down, said the city has received “everybody else’s garbage” for decades. Around 40% of Philadelphia’s trash is incinerated, according to the city’s latest waste management plan, which reported data from 2018. The rest is buried in landfills. Of all the waste incineration facilities the city utilizes, the Reworld facility in Chester accepts the most. Philadelphia’s contract with Reworld expires at the end of June 2026, according to the office of Councilmember Jamie Gauthier, who sponsored the legislation. Read more at PlanPhilly.
Source: PlanPhilly; 9/19/2025

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